Friday, March 29, 2024

Environmental activists halt Mountain Valley pipeline construction

The temporary construction comes as activists across the state are ramping up pressure to block the pipeline.

Oxfam reports richest 1 percent responsible for more carbon emissions than poorest 66 percent

The report titled, “Climate Equality: A Planet for the 99%,” shows the large gap between the carbon footprint of the richest 1 percent and the rest of the people across the world.

Insurance giants under fire from first nations for backing trans mountain tar sands pipeline

Dozens of events on four continents hope to turn up the pressure on the insurance industry that underwrites Canada’s Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline.

Trump EPA claims new power plant rule would improve health of minority and low-income...

Media are missing the environmental justice story behind Trump's Affordable Clean Energy rule.

5 tips on how to talk climate change this holiday season

The trick is to use patience, tolerance, an optimistic tone – and last, but not least, a keen understanding of your audience – to nudge your climate-skeptic sister or father-in-law.

#ArsonEmergency? Climate change and Australia’s wildfires

The demonization of environmental activists is nothing new, but the trend toward criminalization is an even more troubling one considering the crisis at hand.

Second controversial fracked gas pipeline runs into legal trouble

Three days after the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered work to pause on the Mountain Valley Pipeline, its sister pipeline also ran into legal trouble.

Climate Change All But Ignored Again at Presidential Debate

"Climate change demands the attention of both candidates and their parties, and it is shameful that it was given so little."

Persistent ice melt in Greenland even in winter, new study confirms

The persistent year-round runoff even in the coldest months is the "the greatest contributor to sea level rise."

‘Win for wildlife’ as federal court restores endangered species protections gutted by Trump

"In the midst of a global extinction crisis, the court's decision to vacate the rules will help ensure that imperiled species receive the protections they desperately need," said one advocate.