Toxic air pollution has dropped over the last two decades in California
Better refined fuels, moves toward electric vehicles, and better public transportation can make the air pollution issue even better over the next decade.
US Interior Secretary provokes Trump administration’s climate related orders
“I believe we have a unique opportunity to make our communities more resilient to climate change and to help lead the transition to a clean energy economy.”
Germany’s new wildflower meadows offer urban safe havens to bees and insects
thanks to wildflower meadows being planted precisely to reverse precipitous declines in insect populations.
Investigation: How the meat industry is climate-washing its polluting business model
Growing global meat consumption threatens to derail the Paris Agreement, but that hasn’t stopped the meat industry insisting it is part of the solution to climate change.
Why Trump’s shrinking of Bears Ears will be reversed
Research by environmental and natural resources law scholars shows the president’s action will likely be overturned by the courts.
Texas the biggest culprit in toxic waterway discharge in US, report finds
Texas is the No. 1 state in the U.S. for discharging of toxic pollutants into streams, rivers and lakes.
Leading ‘sustainable’ investment funds backing fossil fuels, research finds
“Lack of regulation makes for a Wild West of sustainable fund management”, Edward Lander from Ethical Consumer said.
Many US states under air quality alerts from Canada’s wildfires
As the worst fire season ever recorded in Canada rages on, more than 80 million Americans have been advised to stay indoors due to "very unhealthy" air quality.
EPA Scientists Call Foul on Fracking Study, Say Findings ‘Inconsistent With Data Presented’
Meanwhile, a new paper published Jan. 6 in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental and Epidemiology only emphasizes why further evaluations on fracking fluids are a must.
Oklahoma’s latest fracking-related earthquake sparks demand for withdrawal of oil and gas leases
Despite overwhelming scientific evidence that these dangerous wastewater-injection practices cause destructive quakes, the BLM failed to consider these effects in its evaluation of its latest lease auction in April 2016.