Monday, August 31, 2026

In their own words: The dirty dozen documents of big oil’s secret climate knowledge

Science historian Ben Franta unpacks some of the most critical documents exposing what the fossil fuel industry knew and when they knew it.

Oceans in peril as governments stall on promises ahead of UN summit in Nice

With coral bleaching, illegal fishing, and fossil fuel expansion threatening marine ecosystems, global leaders gather in France amid mounting criticism over broken pledges and underfunded protections.

Australia wildfire coverage is long on koalas, short on causes

Though coverage of the Australian fires was slow to take off, it’s begun to capture more international attention, while highlighting the effects of climate change.

Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed...

Wastewater injection had been happening in Oklahoma for 80 years, but something was driving the growing number of purges. But what is the cause?

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.”

Plastic pollution in waterways likely to more than double by 2030, poses dire threat...

"This assessment provides the strongest scientific argument to date for the urgency to act, and for collective action to protect and restore our oceans from source to sea."

Indigenous peoples control one-quarter of world’s land surface, two-thirds of that land is ‘essentially...

“What these new maps show us is that understanding Indigenous perspectives and Indigenous contributions to conservation are essential when negotiating local or global conservation agreements."

EPA disbands panel that reviewed clean air standards, appoints new members to Clean Air...

"We're seeing EPA trying to cut science out of the process."

Trump national park overseer, climate change “debater,” passes Senate with help of seventeen dems

Though Zinke says he opposes privatization, he also vociferously supports the Trump administration’s energy agenda.

Tens of millions in PPP loans went to corporate polluters after companies were fined...

Tens of millions of dollars went to companies with environmental mishaps.