Tigers and leopards to get new national park in China, 60% bigger than Yellowstone
A monitoring and rescue center for wild tigers and leopards will be set up, along with scientific and research facilities to complement the national park.
250 protestors demand Enbridge pipeline shutdown over concerns of Great Lakes oil spill
“Oil pipelines don't belong in the Great Lakes.”
Victory: Maryland House passes bill to ban fracking
Maryland is leading the way in the movement to ban fracking.
Exxon, Peabody coal lobby for bill poised to load EPA science board with polluters
“That is a science advisory board – it will not function better by having fewer scientists on it."
Former Koch agents, fossil fuel industry hired guns now staffing Trump’s federal agencies
The Trump transition team was loaded with Koch-tied operatives, many from the Institute for Energy Research, a Koch-funded group which helped carve out the Trump White House's energy policy.
Protests begin in DC after motion to halt Dakota Access is denied
Energy Transfer Partners, the pipeline company that owns Dakota Access, has already been drilling under Lake Oahe for weeks.
Congressional energy and climate committees are loaded with ex-fossil fuel lobbyists
Ex-lobbyists-turned-congressional-staffers get bonuses from their old employers as a parting gift as they step through the reverse revolving door.
Monsanto loses millions of dollars after Indian farmers switch to indigenous seeds
Monsanto claims that the genetically modified cotton seeds they sell are superior. So why are so many people trying to switch?
Native nations gather in DC for 4-day protest against Trump, DAPL
The Dakota Access pipeline demonstration continues to inspire other pipeline fights around the country.
Poachers break into French zoo and kill rhino for its horn
Of the five rhino species in existence, all are currently on the endangered species list.