America’s first large offshore wind farm to offer $1.4B in savings
Massachusetts electricity users will save about $1.4 billion over the 20-year duration of the contract.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 2, 2018
Warren urges delay in confirmation vote for CFPB Director, new President of Mexico vows to ban fracking, Portland cracks down on fossil fuels, and more.
Newly elected president of Mexico, Lopez Obrador, vows to ban fracking
The “plan to ban fracking in Mexico represents the latest common-sense decision by a world leader to prohibit this inherently toxic, polluting practice.”
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, August 1, 2018
ICE served eviction notice in Syracuse, Trump tweaks capital gains to benefit the rich, US deports parents but keeps their children, and more.
Top Interior officials ordered parks to end science policy, emails show
Under President Donald Trump, the Park Service has rescinded a policy aimed at preventing activities that threaten park resources and human health.
Trump’s long-delayed pick for science adviser believes in climate change
"Kelvin will be a good science advisor, but so much of what makes an effective science advisor depends not on the person, but on the president and the White House."
Pakistan’s next prime minister wants to plant 10 billion trees
What's more, Pakistan is among the six countries that will be most affected by climate change, meaning that reforestation is critical to mitigate the impacts of global warming.
At the World Bank’s Climate Summit, financiers trade carbon while the world burns
At “Innovate4Climate,” the people destroying the planet gather to congratulate themselves on their climate efforts.
Did plans to export US ethane help fund accused Russian spy Maria Butina?
“I think the gravity of what we were doing in big picture stuff is not lost on any of us.”
Podcast: How extinction affects everyone
Plus, a few tips on how to deal with the gloom and doom of environmental issues.