Thursday, June 18, 2026

2019 in review: Endless Trump and the rise of radical environmental action

In terms of raising awareness, despite powerful people from the U.S. president on down denying its reality, more and more people throughout the world are taking action to force their governments to confront it.

Pipeline blast that killed one under investigation by national safety board

House Democrats called for an investigation this week citing their concerns that this was the “third major incident on Colonial’s system in just over a year and the seventh in less than five years.”

Trump Tours Flood-Ravaged Louisiana But Thinks Climate Change Is A Hoax

He talked to volunteers and victims, signed autographs, and left.

Thousands of pollution monitoring exemptions made to oil and gas industry amid pandemic

“It’s like saying, ‘We’re going to remove the radar guns and remove speedometers, but you still have to comply with the speed limit. That doesn’t make sense.”

We’re not fixing this environmental crisis. One ditch in Indiana could provide a solution.

Shut off this firehose of waste, and we’d be improving habitats, health and the makeup of the atmosphere.

Bayer investigates its shady PR firm after ‘Monsanto File’ scandal in France

"This is a very important discovery because it shows there are objective strategies to silence strong voices."

Elizabeth Warren adopts $3 trillion climate crisis plan, challenges all 2020 candidates to do...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced that she would adopt Gov. Jay Inslee's climate crisis plan and add in a $1 trillion in investments to help protect workers...

States can take meaningful climate action, even without federal support: Study

The team also found that there was potential for state efforts to impact pollution in neighboring states.

Green hydrogen’s rapidly falling costs undermine the gas industry’s argument for blue hydrogen

Aside from those and other specific uses, the idea of a hydrogen economy should be retired, whether it’s blue or green.

‘Be on the right side of history’: Ahead of COP 25, demand for govts...

“We expect governments to come to these climate talks to live up to the moral urgency at hand.”