Trump’s reckless push to drill in the Arctic is meeting fierce opposition
The Arctic Refuge is one of the U.S.’s last wild places, and the coastal plain is its biological heart.
Trump administration plans to open more of California public land to oil drilling, fracking
“Expanding extraction of dirty fossil fuels on our public lands threatens the health of our communities and the future of our climate."
Keystone pipeline spills again, leaking nearly 400,000 gallons of crude oil in North Dakota
"It happens over and over and over and over and over."
In ‘glimmer of accountability,’ executives, loggers charged in 2014 murders of four Indigenous land...
Environmental campaigners called the charges "unprecedented."
EPA to weaken rules to control toxic coal ash in water
Environmental activists plan to challenge these rollbacks in court. Let’s hope they succeed.
Risk assessment: Thoughts on ‘a climate security plan for America’
“A Climate Security Plan for America”, if it had been covered by the press, could actually make a difference in changing the minds of some in the political center more inclined to believe the U.S. military than scientists or activist groups.
Keystone leaks 383,000 gallons in North Dakota on the same day as Trump state...
“The Keystone XL pipeline was a bad idea when it was proposed 11 years ago, and it remains a bad idea today.”
EPA disbanded a clean air science panel. We met anyway – and here’s what...
The nongovernmental panel of experts found that particle pollution regulations aren’t protecting public health, but that's not the only worrying trend at EPA.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg declines Nordic environmental prize saying “the climate movement does not...
“I have received the Nordic Council’s environmental award 2019. I have decided to decline this prize.”
Offshore wind power has the potential to generate 18 times more power than global...
“Offshore wind currently provides just 0.3% of global power generation, but its potential is vast.”