Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Trump to shrink Utah national monuments to allow drilling, mining

"Trump, with the conniving help of the Utah congressional delegation, just strangled the golden goose of Utah's future jobs..."

I am a 30-year veteran scientist from the US EPA: I can’t afford to...

As scientists, we must stand up for science and ensure that it is not tossed aside in public policy and decision-making.

Trump administration wants to charge $70 entrance fee for national parks

The Trump administration's new proposed budget plan increases funding for dirty energy development on public lands, while cutting everything else.

New study shows fracking harms kids’ brains

This is the first study to focus on the UOG industry's effects on infants and children, particularly those that live near fracking sites.

Black rhinos in Tanzania now monitored via sensors implanted directly in their horns

“Any strange behavior will be detected and the park rangers will step in.”

Why Native American women are going after Europe’s banks to divest from Big Oil

“Indigenous women ... often are the ones to call out injustice when they see it immediately. We saw that at Standing Rock.”

Biggest oil spill since Deepwater Horizon is twice as bad as we thought

The flow has been contained, but no cause for the ruptured pipe has been determined.

New EPA climate change website doesn’t mention ‘climate change’

"It is beyond comprehension that EPA would ever purposely limit and remove access to information that communities need to save lives and property."

Why is a dump for Hurricane Harvey debris next to an African American community?

“It is appalling what is going on in that community."

Former head of energy, environment at ALEC, Todd Wynn, hired by Trump Interior Department

Wynn's new job at Interior will parallel his past role at ALEC.