Wednesday, July 9, 2025

California puts forth plan to phase out sales of gas-powered vehicles by 2035

The plan would mandate that 35 percent of new cars sold in California be either battery- or hydrogen-powered by 2026, which would push the state towards its goal.

Leading ‘sustainable’ investment funds backing fossil fuels, research finds

“Lack of regulation makes for a Wild West of sustainable fund management”, Edward Lander from Ethical Consumer said.

The 14-year chronic, continuous oil spill most Americans never heard about

The federal government said it is committed “to ensure Taylor Energy will work to permanently stop the ongoing oil spill” because there is “still more that can be done by Taylor to control and contain the oil.”

Beef industry causes deforestation in Colombia’s Chiribiquete National Park

The EIA recommends “a structural reform to care for many of these problems, starting with declaring the principles of transparency and livestock traceability to be in the public interest.”

Fossil fuel companies are promoting ‘lower carbon,’ ‘responsibly sourced’ oil and gas

The oil and gas industry is looking to capitalize off an increasingly-popular socially responsible investing wave that emphasizes the environment.

Italy’s public schools add mandatory climate crisis courses to curriculum

This move puts Italy at the forefront of environmental education.

Vicious cycle of increasing wealth gaps, disproportionate climate harms is worsening globally, report finds

“Global inequalities seem to be about as great today as they were at the peak of western imperialism in the early 20th century.”

Holland’s Wind-Driven Trains and Four Other Hopeful Green Energy Stories for Today (Video)

With Dutch electric trains soon to be powered by wind turbines and Aspen, Colorado becoming the third U.S. city to be net carbon zero, these are just two of the hopeful green energy stories happening in the world today.

Great apes could lose 94% of African home due to climate crisis and other...

“As climate change forces the different types of vegetation to essentially shift uphill, it means that all animals that depend on particular habitat types will be forced to move uphill or become locally extinct.”

Sri Lanka Is First Country in the World to Apologize for Its Role in...

"Those elephants were victimized by the cruelty of certain people. But all of human society is responsible. We destroyed those innocent lives to take those tusks. We have to ask for pardon from them.”