Saturday, August 29, 2026

Cheap wind and solar should prompt ‘rethink’ on role of CCS, paper argues

“Now that renewable electricity is so cheap, this should cause us to seriously rethink the role of CCS.”

Chemical plant boom spurred by fracking will bring smog, plastic glut, and risks to...

Fracking has already harmed the state's drinking water, air quality, and increased the speed of climate change.

Coral Bleaching Hits The Great Barrier Reef After Australia Temperatures Break Records

Coral bleaching is causing some corals to die in the Great Barrier Reef.

Louisiana’s Cancer Alley residents sue chemical plant for nearly 50 years of air pollution

The magnitude of this injustice is driving people to make sure their community’s voice is heard.

Arsonists ‘pledging to light a few less fires’: Analysis exposes failure of big oil...

“BP, Shell, and Total are still drilling us into a deeper climate emergency, and that has to stop before they can claim any credibility.”
video

Pope Francis tells Trump that climate change is real and solidarity is key

Trump is a little unlikely to get it. But the point of publicly bestowing on him this gift is that the Pope hopes the rest of us will.

Deforestation in Sumatra carves up tiger habitats into ever smaller patches

“The threats to tigers’ survival in Sumatra are critical.”

Solar jobs take a hit after seven years of rapid growth

"After six years of rapid and steady growth, the solar industry faced headwinds that led to a dip in employment in 2017."

Community scientists have new EPA guidelines for sampling microplastic pollution. How useful are they?

The protocol acknowledges that because "microplastics smaller than [one millimeter] in size (such as microbeads) are more difficult to find... more sophisticated technology is required to conclusively identify them."

Massachusetts locals accuse town mayor of ‘colluding’ with Enbridge over controversial natural gas project

“We will continue to fight the operation of this compressor station. Our goal is to make this a stranded asset for Enbridge.”