17 governors renew climate pledges on anniversary of Trump’s Paris Accord retreat
The governors of sixteen states and Puerto Rico that make up the U.S. Climate Alliance recommitted their pledges to the Paris agreement and announced a new wave of initiatives to accelerate and scale up climate action.
Conservation organizations question Japan’s controversial ‘scientific whaling’ program after killing 333 minke whales
“The continued killing of any whale is abhorrent to modern society, but these new figures make it even more shocking.”
Trump administration to auction off public land in Northern Arizona to dangerous fracking
"This is Trump's energy dominance policy at work, where nothing matters except fossil-fuel interests."
Vancouver becomes first city in world to approve zero waste strategic plan
"It's a coastal city, with the plastic items having a significant impact on the environment, we feel it's important to take action."
We just experienced 400 straight months of unusual warmth
"We live in and share a world that is unequivocally, appreciably and consequentially warmer than just a few decades ago, and our world continues to warm."
Costa Rica’s progressive policies aim to make the country carbon-free by 2021
“We have the titanic and beautiful task of abolishing the use of fossil fuels in our economy to make way for the use of clean and renewable energies."
Wet wipes ban: UK takes another major step to fight plastic pollution
“As part of our 25-year environment plan we have pledged to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste and that includes single-use products that include plastic such as wet wipes.”
Zinke and Sen. Alexander’s plan to save national parks includes pillaging them
Many are against the proposal to extract fossil fuel from public lands and further fuel the climate change crisis.
How Wall Street enabled the fracking ‘revolution’ that’s losing billions
Imagine begging banks to stop loaning you money. And being ignored.
Hawaii bans toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos, protects public health
The bill, SB3095, completely bans the use of chlorpyrifos, a highly toxic neurotoxin that causes significant damage to brain development in children.