‘Huge victory for our oceans:’ Trump effort to open Arctic to oil and gas...
"Experts in environmental law estimate that the Trump administration has now lost about 40 environmental cases in federal courts."
Push to reverse obscure shipping law could flood Puerto Rico with fracked gas
As the island rebuilds after Hurricane Maria, a century-old federal shipping law known as the Jones Act stands in the way of the oil and gas industry flooding the island with liquefied natural gas, or LNG.
Controversial Keystone XL pipeline gets green light from Trump
"The #KeystoneXL tar sands pipeline was a bad idea from Day One and it remains a terrible idea today."
Puerto Rico faces a flood of fracked gas in wake of Hurricane Maria
The gas industry and its allies in Congress hope to push LNG exports to the island’s electricity grid, ravaged from climate change-fueled natural disaster.
‘Tell that to the families in Flint:’ AOC demolishes GOP claim that Green New...
New York Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shot back with a passionate defense of the Green New Deal.
While McConnell tries to rush Green New Deal vote, Senate Democrats vote ‘present’ to...
"This is about our lives, and this should not be partisan. Science should not be partisan."
We need an ecological revolution
To save the long-term future for our children and grandchildren, and for all the other creatures with which we share the gift of life, we must overcome the inertia of our institutions and our culture.
Oil industry ponders getting ‘dragged into low-carbon future’ while claiming it ‘stepped up’ on...
As the DeSmog series Fracking for Plastics notes, Saetre is not alone in his ambition to either burn all the oil and gas or turn it into plastics.
Carbon emissions reach record high worldwide in 2018
"[D]espite major growth in renewables, global emissions are still rising, demonstrating once again that more urgent action is needed on all fronts."
Navajo Nation Council ceases efforts to acquire coal-fired power plant in Arizona
“Navajo Nation Council signaled that it is time for change. In order to develop a healthy and diverse economy that does not overly rely on any particular industry."