Saturday, May 18, 2024

Trump’s ANWR drilling leases under review: Biden admin looking at ‘legal deficiencies,’ environmental impacts

"This is really the time that Congress should take action, and restore the protections by dismantling the leasing program."

After the Keystone XL approval, here’s what’s next for the climate movement

The battle is far from over—and has already transformed the way environmental campaigns are waged.

USDA announces proposal to reinstate protections for Tongass National Forest

While the Trump administration tried to open 9.2 million acres of the forest to logging and roadbuilding, the USDA's proposal will effectively reinstate the protections for Tongass National Forest.

UK goes 55 hours without coal power, breaking record

In January, the UK government announced plans to phase out coal generation by 2025.

A Chicago neighborhood is redefining toxicity in pursuit of environmental justice

Since 2000, toxic tours in this community have evolved from talking about pollution, to now include systemic racism, policing, and mass incarceration.

Climate inaction could cost the U.S. $2 trillion per year, study finds

“Investments to confront the climate crisis will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, drive down clean energy prices, make our Nation more resilient, present new opportunities for American innovation and well-paying jobs, provide benefits to historically underserved communities, and work to protect against the long-term fiscal risks identified in the new Budget analyses released today.”

People don’t need to ‘believe’ in climate change to act on it, study suggests

Skiing and glacier-viewing are two of the most popular tourist draws in Washington state's North Cascades communities of Glacier and Concrete, but...

Meat Is Murdering American Rivers

Government data shows that food processing plants are the biggest toxic polluters of waterways in the U.S.

Alaska Supreme Court hears oral arguments in kids’ climate change lawsuit

‘Is there a time to declare that air that sustains life is a fundamental right?’

Years before Exxon Valdez, documents show Exxon’s imperial oil prioritized public image overspill impacts

Nineteen years after Imperial dealt with the Arrow oil spill in Canada, the grounding of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker released 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound.