Wisconsin legislators seek to criminalize climate, environmental protests
“It is alarming to see the fossil fuel industry trying to pit environmentalists and labor unions against one another."
United Kingdom to ban ivory trade
More than 20,000 African elephants die every year to feed the ivory trade.
Largest bank in Norway sells its assets in Dakota Access Pipeline
Earlier this month, Reuters reported that DNB was “reconsidering its participation” in the financing of the pipeline if “concerns raised by Native American tribes against its construction are not addressed.”
Louisiana’s cancer alley residents push back against industrial polluters
The work of Citizens for a Better St. Gabriel is only beginning.
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.
Clash over the Bayou Bridge pipeline ratchets up after Louisiana pipeline explosion
Both sides drew their battle lines on the Bayou Bridge pipeline deeper in the sand at the second permit hearing.
New discovery gives world’s most endangered turtle a fighting chance
A 500-year-old legend is key to the survival of a rare giant softshell turtle.
Decoding the hype behind the natural gas industry’s hydrogen push
The oil and gas industry is once again trying to disrupt the renewable energy process, this time with methane-derived hydrogen.
Japan to release Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific
"The government has taken the wholly unjustified decision to deliberately contaminate the Pacific Ocean with radioactive wastes."
Public lands and waters ‘for sale’ at US Dept. of Interior
"Secretary Zinke is meeting almost exclusively with fossil fuel lobbyists, ignoring the voices of people in this country."