3 New Years Resolutions That Will End the World’s Dependency on Fossil Fuels
Renewable energy and alternative vehicles get cheaper the more of them we make and use. Oil and coal get more expensive the more of them we burn. So we can be confident that clean energy wins the affordability race.
Climate change lawsuits more than double in 5 years, UN report finds
The increasing number of climate change cases indicates that climate-related lawsuits are becoming an essential component of ensuring climate justice.
Trump administration shuts down study on the safety of offshore drilling
“One thing we should all be able to agree on is that safety is of paramount importance, so preventing a study like this simply flies in the face of common sense.”
As new pipelines get built, more people are standing in the way
Despite the overwhelming evidence that pipelines are unreliable and prone to leaks, energy companies continue to treat their bottom line as the only factor when making decisions.
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.”
Environmental and tribal groups urge extra precautions to protect the Great Lakes from oil...
"The annual and growing threat is not worth risking the Great Lakes, nor your reputation as a leader who takes the protection of our public trust resources seriously."
Exxon and other US oil companies lag in responding to ‘existential threat’ of energy...
"...there is a long way to go before they can be viewed as aligned with the Paris Agreement and the risk of stranded assets is still very real.”
‘Globally significant moment for ocean conservation’: Australia to phase out gill net fishing in...
“The removal of gillnets in net-free zones on the reef has already helped boost local fish populations. We want to see this happen right across the reef.”
Protecting mangroves can prevent billions of dollars in global flooding damage every year
In many places, preserving and restoring mangrove forests can be an extremely economically effective strategy for protecting coasts from tropical storm damage.
After Keystone XL: TransCanada Building North American Fracked Gas Pipeline Empire
It's safe to say that TransCanada is quickly morphing into “TransMexico” and more broadly into a North American fracked gas pipeline empire.