Thursday, April 18, 2024

What the Catastrophic Aliso Canyon Methane Leak Teaches Us About Our Addiction to Fossil...

To prevent more disasters like Aliso Canyon in California and around the country we need an emergency statewide effort to shut down facilities that lack basic safety equipment, including Aliso Canyon.

New report shows cancer organization shares lobbyists with fossil fuel companies

The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the advocacy arm of the American Cancer Society, shares lobbyists with 21 fossil fuel companies across 10 states.

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 need to talk about environmental projects that fail

Celebrating success is great, but a new study finds patterns we can learn from — including the fact that we ignore failure at our own peril.

Congressional Dems request DOJ investigation into Big Oil’s climate deception

“As long as Big Oil’s climate lies, both past and present, remain unchallenged by the DOJ, protecting the American public from the ravages of climate change will remain that much more difficult.”

‘Sacrifice zones’: How people of color are targets of environmental racism

A product of environmental racism, “sacrifice zones” are located near pollution hot spots and are usually communities of color.

How the rise of populism is fuelling climate science denial across Europe

This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story.  

Trump getting COVID is his Hurricane Sandy October Surprise for science denial

From COVID-19 to the hurricanes of the climate crisis, even "moderate" Republicans have continually displayed a willingness to ignore and malign science.

Trump lied: Keystone XL now allowed to be built using imported steel

TransCanada’s success over Trump is what happens when you have an administration stacked with fossil fuel billionaires and a trade deal that enables corporate polluters to push their agenda at will.

Using Trump tax cut for good: Patagonia donates $10 million to the planet

"Instead of putting the money back into our business, we're responding by putting $10 million back into the planet. Our home planet needs it more than we do."