Thursday, May 30, 2024

Energy Transfer to increase volume of oil transported per day, still lacks federal permit

“Now with increased capacity, the threat to our health and drinking water supply has only grown. We look to the Biden administration to take action.”

Environmental groups oppose Shell request to increase air pollution limits for Pennsylvania plastics factory

“[Particulate matter] is responsible for more deaths and sickness than any other air pollutant in the world.”

After a Year of Pledges and Promises, Are We Any Closer to Saving the...

Thousands of acres of milkweed will be planted in the spring—but environmental groups say the focus on habitat isn’t enough.

Injecting wastewater underground can cause earthquakes up to 10 kilometers away

The important insight of this study is sedimentary rock injection is not a safer alternative to basement injection.

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."

‘Slam dunk’ study finds Trump EPA’s move not to tighten air pollution standards would...

This peer-reviewed study of air pollution impacts on older Americans suggests that current air qualitystandards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) do not protect public health, and that strengthening the standards could save over 140,000 American lives over a decade.

Soaring energy prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could push up to...

"Unaffordable costs of energy and other necessities will push vulnerable populations into energy poverty and even extreme poverty.”

Trump admin ordered ‘climate censorship’ in plans to lease Texas public lands for fossil...

"The bigger concern here is the issue of meddling and censorship. If it happens at this stage, it could certainly happen later in the EIS process. So we are concerned about the future of this EIS."

Climate activists victorious after using a necessity defense

“Zenith Energy Corporation, and the city’s inability to shut it down, is the poster child for what is wrong with our system.”

Organizing across state lines to stop a pipeline

Activists in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Nebraska are proving that building collective community power can successfully counter Big Oil’s monied interests.