Friday, April 26, 2024

EPA puts politics over science

This isn’t 1984. You can’t just throw scientific conclusions into the metaphorical memory hole.

EPA to reconsider the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone

"The Environmental Protection Agency now has an opportunity to strengthen our national, health-based standards for ground-level ozone."

Chinese fossil fuel investments in Africa

African countries need investments, China needs raw materials, and African activists are fed up with the resulting corruption and environmental damage.

We are drowning in plastic, and fracking companies are profiting

Plastic production wreaks havoc on people and the planet – from fracking wells and pipelines in Pennsylvania, to air pollution from plastic plants in Scotland.

New reports allege Texas oil and gas regulator’s lax enforcement

When a Canadian company started drilling for oil and gas near Jim and Sue Franklin’s ranch in a small Permian Basin town...

California briefly runs on 97% renewable energy, showing a future in which oil and...

If anyone is listening, what we really need is national financial instruments allowing families to pay off solar panels over time.

With renewables so competitive, big plans for oil and gas investments look risky

Plenty of money is still lining up to take on those risks, but the rapidly changing economics of renewables and battery storage mean those investments increasingly run the risk of becoming stranded assets.

Breaking: ‘I’ve shut down BP. Here’s why.’

BP are just motivated by their profits, regardless of the damage they’re doing. And their time has come to an end.

New lawsuit seeks to hold the Trump Administration accountable for eliminating environmental grades

“This is like a student hiding his report card because it’s full of Fs.”