Saturday, August 2, 2025

3 ‘Knitting Nannas’ Arrested Protesting 850 Proposed Gas Wells

Three women from Knitting Nannas Against Gas, an anti-coal seam gas group, have been arrested after locking themselves by their necks to the gates of a...

Revealed: Two thirds of online posts from six major European fossil fuel companies ‘greenwashing’

One expert called it a “systematic deceptive marketing campaign designed to interfere with the solution that is necessary to respond to the climate emergency: stopping fossil fuel production.”

75,000 trees donated so far to ‘Trump forest’ to offset president’s climate destruction

"We're not going to get ahead of this problem if people don't understand what it is."

‘Uninhabitable hell:’ UN report warns of planet’s future for millions without climate action

The report said that the future would be full of more climate-related disasters as the planet warms up and heat-trapping gases are continuously emitted into the atmosphere.

Colorado River water shortage declared for first time in history

Another bleak indicator of the magnitude of the drought across the West made worse by climate change.

The Doubt Machine: documentary explores Koch Brothers’ war on climate science

The Doubt Machine definitely adds some useful personal context and also draws the clear connections from the denial-sphere to the Koch brothers.

EPA decides not to regulate fracking wastewater as Pennsylvania study reveals recent spike

“Failure to update rules for the disposal and handling of dangerous oil and gas wastes is an egregious dereliction of duty and an intolerable threat to the health and safety of American citizens.”

TransCanada Pipeline explodes in West Virginia

TransCanada – the same company behind the Keystone pipeline – said the explosion has been contained and an investigation is underway.

5 big environment stories you probably missed while you’ve been watching coronavirus

But while we might need to ignore climate change right now if only to save our sanity, it certainly hasn’t been ignoring us.