Thursday, March 28, 2024

Observers mystified after Trump delivers ‘moronic’ and ‘unhinged’ diatribe against wind power

“Trump says he doesn’t understand wind then proved it.”

Largest coral reef survey in French Polynesia offers hope

“It’s nice to see that places like that still exist.”
Image credit: Steven Depolo/Flickr

Exposed: Toward a BPA-free future

"It's just as bad as the climate in terms of its impact on living things. It's arguably faster acting, and hardly anyone knows about it."

Food at risk as third of plants face extinction

“Extinction is forever, which is a loss not only in terms of their evolution and persistence on the planet, but also a loss to the future of our food.”

As fracking companies face bankruptcy, US regulators enable firms to duck cleanup costs

“Currently there is no way to treat, store, and release the billions of gallons of wastewater at the surface.”

Arizona Senator introduces bill to protect Grand Canyon from future uranium mining

“Thank you to Senator Sinema for the introduction of legislation to protect one of the country’s greatest treasures, the Grand Canyon.”

‘A win for the planet!’: Dutch supreme court issues landmark ruling mandating climate action

The nonprofit that brought the case called it "a groundbreaking decision that confirms that individual governments must do their fair share to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."

Black farmers embrace practices of climate resiliency

They are using heritage farming practices to undo some of the damage brought on by decades of intense tillage by early European settlers.

New study names modern pollution a major cause of premature deaths worldwide; US ranks...

"Pollution is an enormous and poorly addressed health problem."

Trump’s Christmas gift to big oil: Killing hopes of electric car tax credit extension

While AEA is calling the defeat of the EV tax credit extension a “holiday reprieve for taxpayers,” the move is perhaps more accurately described as a holiday gift to the oil industry.