Climate activists victorious after using a necessity defense
“Zenith Energy Corporation, and the city’s inability to shut it down, is the poster child for what is wrong with our system.”
The coronavirus is a wake-up call for climate change
Perhaps the COVID-19 outbreak is the wake-up call the world needs to get people accustomed to the fact that because of climate change, we all now need to change our lifestyles to protect our lives.
Oil execs, anxious about public support, claim halting fossil fuel production would be ‘criminal’
“As a legal matter this claim is laughable so it’s better thought of as a PR stunt.”
Mexico is letting an oil company destroy protected mangroves for an $8 billion oil...
Satellite images posted on Quartz show the cleared land to accommodate the construction.
‘Arbitrary and capricious’: Federal judge throws out oil and gas leases on public lands
Calling the policy "arbitrary and capricious," the judge said there was significant evidence that the Bureau of Land Management was intentionally shutting the public out.
EPA updates plans to limit use of science in decision-making
"They're putting in nonscientific criteria to decide what science the agency can use."
Wells Fargo announces its ban on financing oil and gas drilling in the Arctic
"Wells Fargo is committed to accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy, in addition to continuing to support the responsible development of conventional energy."
‘The story of our lifetime and our planet’ — environmental journalism in troubled times
Covering environmental issues these days can be tough. But it’s needed more than ever, says Society of Environmental Journalists president Meera Subramanian.
Is the U.S. Fracking boom based on fraud?
Will the biggest innovation of the fracking revolution be making financial fraud a laughing matter?
How a new generation of climate activists is reviving fossil fuel divestment and gaining...
By tapping into existing networks and old campaigns, a new wave of student activism is making the fossil fuel divestment movement bigger, bolder and more creative.