These industry titans oppose Trump’s order to build pipelines with U.S. steel
The U.S. Department of Commerce will consider all of these comments as it inches toward a draft set of regulations.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, August 21
Microplastics in beer, CNN "fact check" on Medicare for All is bogus, ZInke caught red handed trying to sell off public lands, and more.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, June 27, 2018
28-year-old Democratic Socialist wins the New York primary, the Supreme Court upholds Muslim ban and sides with anti-abortion centers, Occupy ICE protests spread, a federal judge sides with Big Oil, and more.
Trump’s incredibly dumb bet on coal
If we really want to lead we have to go with the energy of the future, not the energy of the past.
Unprecedented new map unveils illegal mining destroying Amazon
"The scope of illegal mining in the Amazon, especially in indigenous territories and protected natural areas, has grown exponentially in recent years, with the rise in the price of gold."
Inside Exxon’s great climate cover-up: From early climate change researcher to epic climate denier
Exxon knew that fossil fuels cause global warming as early as the 1970s but hid that information from the public.
The Mediterranean is a hot spot for plastic pollution despite efforts to reduce
“The concentration [of plastic pollution] in the Med is pretty bad. If we don’t act on it, it will [become] much worse.”
Leaked IPCC report warns of the future of oceans in climate change
This topic will be discussed at the Global Landscapes Forum New York 2019. Learn more about how to join here.
‘We will sue,’ vow green groups after Trump guts nation’s key environmental law
“We’re not going to sit back and allow a decision that could harm public health during a public health crisis go unscathed,” said Earthjustice. “We’ll be seeing them in court.”
Fracking and shale drilling caused spike in climate-warming methane pollution, says new study
Climate-changing pollution reached unprecedented levels in 2018. That's both judged against the last 60 years of modern measurements and against 800,000 years...