Sunday, May 5, 2024

White House releases National Climate Assessment

The report concluded that climate change will impact almost all aspects of life including food, the economy and culture heritage.

Eco-advocacy group urges Biden to reverse Trump environmental rollbacks

“By undoing the Trump administration’s rollbacks of environmental protections, the Biden administration will be able to protect our natural landscapes and give Americans cleaner air, cleaner water and a more livable climate.”

Chinese fossil fuel investments in Africa

African countries need investments, China needs raw materials, and African activists are fed up with the resulting corruption and environmental damage.

Ocean warming study so distressing, some scientists didn’t even want to talk about it

Researchers examining the ocean off the east coast of North America found that the water's surface was 13.8°C, or 14.8°F, hotter than the average temperature between 1981 and 2011.

5 Virginia officials involved in regulating Dominion Energy are invested in the company

According to financial disclosures, four of them directly own stock in the company, while the wife of a fifth official works for Dominion.

US officially rejoins Paris agreement

This is considered a symbolic and important step toward the aggressive action required to stem the tide of climate change.

A burning chemical plant may be just the tip of Hurricane Laura’s damage in...

While the full health impacts of the fire weren’t immediately known, a storm-driven chlorine gas release in a vulnerable community is the type of worst-case scenario that scientists and engineers like myself have warned the petrochemical industry about for decades.

The ocean is essential to tackling climate change. So why has it been neglected...

How can oceans help us tackle the climate crisis? And what progress has been made in international negotiations?

Chevron buys Hess, becomes second megadeal in the energy sector

Chevron announced it will purchase Hess Corp. for $53 billion weeks after Exxon Mobil announced its deal to acquire Pioneer Natural resources for $60 billion.

Atlantic Coast Pipeline corporate backers fund faulty pro-pipeline poll

With the controversy over the ACP raging on, the public deserves to hear the truth, independent of corporate money aimed at manipulating public opinion.