Climate crisis has made western US megadrought worst in 1,200 years
"Climate change is here and now," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. "If a 1,200 year mega-drought isn't enough to make people realize that, I don't know what is."
Deforestation in Amazon skyrockets to 12-year high under Bolsonaro
The trees in the Amazon are a vital component in the fight against the climate crisis because they absorb billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year.
Biden admin plans major offshore wind expansion
“This is reliable, clean, renewable energy that can help support our country as we go on and provide a good future for our kids.”
Hurricane Mathew vs. Shock and Awe of Empire
Too many other good men and women have lost their limbs, eyes and even their brains because of phony Shock and Awe con men who they believed in.
The Pacific Northwest has defeated dozens of fossil fuel projects — but the industry...
The fossil fuel industry, smarting from a string of defeats in Oregon and Washington, is hoping to continue to expand in the face of the climate crisis, but without arousing opposition.
Barrett’s views on climate crisis worry and appalls environmentalists as her confirmation hearings continue
“If you’re neutral on climate change, you're complicit in the collapse of the planetary ecosystem upon which the survival of every living thing depends.”
How Biden can do more Than just restore Trump’s environmental rollbacks
President-elect Joseph R. Biden has indicated that he’ll quickly roll back the rollbacks as soon as he’s inaugurated. Yet a reset is not enough.
Puerto Rican cities sue fossil fuel companies in major class-action, climate fraud case
Municipalities aim to hold industry liable for damages from catastrophic 2017 hurricanes.
Canada steps up surveillance of Indigenous peoples to push fossil fuel pipelines forward
An international human rights body condemned Canada’s treatment of Indigenous communities opposing two major oil and gas pipelines.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality approves water permit for T15 Pipeline
The project is a proposed 45-mile long natural gas transmission pipeline that would run from Eden, North Carolina to Roxboro, North Carolina, crossing through Person, Caswell, and Rockingham counties.