Biden admin pauses permits for new fossil fuel projects
Environmental groups praised the Biden administration for halting new leases and permits while the court battle plays out, but expressed concern about how it would ultimately resolve.
Power to the people: Wyoming residents reject first new coal mine in decades
Blocking a new coal mine shows the power of the public.
Feds receive first application to explore ANWR for oil
"This scheme will put denning polar bears at risk and leave lasting scars on the fragile tundra and its vegetation, and that's before a single drill rig has been placed or length of pipeline installed."
An Animal Has Died at SeaWorld Every Month Since November
Thirty-eight orcas and at least 58 belugas have died on SeaWorld’s watch, along with more than a hundred dolphins.
Norvergence: Climate change fueled Syria’s civil war
“Until now the main cause of civil war is a wealth of the nation in few men hands but Syria showed us...
Warning: A ‘shrinking window’ of usable groundwater
"We found that the average depth of water resources across the country was about half of what people had previously estimated.”
Drilling, drilling, everywhere…
Will the Trump administration take down the Arctic Refuge?
Acidifying oceans a bad trip for marine ecosystems
A new study is one of the few to investigate what ocean acidification might do to fish communities.
UN climate expert urges criminalization of fossil fuel disinformation to protect basic human rights
The report presents the human rights argument for decisive political action to reduce the devastating impacts of the climate crisis.
Taxpayers on hook for $20 billion in dirty energy subsidies annually, new study finds
While the rest of the world moves toward a renewable energy future, dirty energy defenders in the Trump administration are using our taxpayer dollars to promote dangerous new fossil fuel development.