Thursday, April 25, 2024

Burning fossil fuels made coronavirus death rate worse, and kills 200K Americans per year,...

Coal companies and Big Oil like ExxonMobil and all those fracking companies are thus killing off a million Americans every five years.

How COVID-19 took hold and why we must end the wildlife trade

Here’s what we can do to make sure the critical mistakes made after the SARS outbreak won’t be made again.

Massive drop in air pollution amid coronavirus makes Himalayan Mountain Range a visible backdrop...

"The nationwide Janta Curfew on March 22, 2020 and lock down since March 24, 2020, have resulted in significant improvement in air quality in the country, as revealed by data analysis and comparison of data for time before enforcement of restrictions."

Kansas Supreme Court rule in favor of renewable energy

“With today’s Supreme Court ruling, we make headway toward fairness and justice for solar and renewable energy users in Kansas.”

Trump admin bypasses Congress, offers backup storage to boost troubled oil industry

“If you believe as I do that the oil and gas industry is getting smaller and will need to extract less oil and gas, any federal money that is not supporting this direction is a waste.”

5 big environment stories you probably missed while you’ve been watching coronavirus

But while we might need to ignore climate change right now if only to save our sanity, it certainly hasn’t been ignoring us.

Decades of heavy air pollution could make some areas more likely to see high...

"When we get to the other side, we need to have a real and honest conversation about the failure to tackle harmful air pollution."

Monsanto documents predicted damage to US farms

Dozens of U.S. farms have joined together to sue Monsanto (now Bayer) and BASF in order to hold them accountable for the damage of millions of acres of farmland and crops.

Exposure to air pollution leads to higher risk of dementia

“By 2050, 68% of the world population is expected to live in urban areas, where they are continuously exposed to air pollution.”

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, some pipeline projects push forward while others falter nationwide

Nationwide, pipeline companies had already trimmed $1.9 billion from their 2020 budgets.