Taxpayers still shelling out billions annually in fossil fuel subsidies
The U.S. spent $26 billion a year supporting fossil fuels and scored the worst in ending support for coal mining, a pet project of President Trump.
17 governors renew climate pledges on anniversary of Trump’s Paris Accord retreat
The governors of sixteen states and Puerto Rico that make up the U.S. Climate Alliance recommitted their pledges to the Paris agreement and announced a new wave of initiatives to accelerate and scale up climate action.
Conservation organizations question Japan’s controversial ‘scientific whaling’ program after killing 333 minke whales
“The continued killing of any whale is abhorrent to modern society, but these new figures make it even more shocking.”
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."
Flip This Well: How fracking company CEOs get rich while losing billions
Even when shale oil CEOs do fall, and wipe out billions in other people’s money, their falls seem to be cushioned with more cash.
EU moves to ban 10 most harmful single-use plastics
The directive was praised by environmental organizations.
Trump’s offshore drilling plan puts 68 national parks at risk
All of these parks would be in danger if Trump and Zinke's drilling proposal goes ahead.
Plastic killed most sperm whales found dead in Greek waters since 2001
"The evidence is starting to mount rapidly that we just cannot throw away plastic as we have been."
Trump administration to auction off public land in Northern Arizona to dangerous fracking
"This is Trump's energy dominance policy at work, where nothing matters except fossil-fuel interests."
EPA guard shoves reporter, multiple news outlets blocked from water pollution event
"Scott Pruitt is more worried about journalists than poisoning millions of Americans."