Oil companies can’t find any buyers for refineries struggling amid pandemic crisis
“Refiners previously eking out a narrow profit — or acceptable loss — must decide whether their operations justify costly and necessary maintenance. Deferring work risks even more expensive, unplanned shutdowns.”
New California bill could revolutionize how the U.S. tackles plastic pollution
A sweeping “circular economy” bill in the California legislature aims to drastically reduce plastic waste and boost domestic recycling.
BREAKING: Dakota Access Pipeline nearly completed
Will Energy Transfer Partners obey the Department of Justice and Army Corps of Engineers orders?
A Colorado ballot measure could make it nearly impossible to ban fracking
Green groups hope to someday amend the Colorado constitution so communities can ban fracking. An industry-sponsored amendment on the state's Nov. 8 ballot could block that.
Nebraska approves Keystone XL pipeline
Nebraska law barred regulators from considering spills or pipeline safety in its decision-making process, because who cares about the environment anyways, right?
Increasing renewable energy use in the US brings billions in benefits, study finds
The United States’ increasing use of renewable energy has improved air quality and reduced the country’s greenhouse gas emissions while producing monetary benefits in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
Blister pack pollution
We should probably go back to the system of using deposits for bottles of all sorts.
Fracking can cause earthquakes tens of kilometers away – new research
New research has now linked distant earthquakes to fracking, providing evidence that much larger areas surrounding sites may be at risk from drilling operations than previously demonstrated.
EPA acknowledges proven dangers of bee-killing pesticides but refuses to restrict them
Neonicotinoids have already been banned by the European Union, it is time they were banned here.
Climate Rally for Bernie Sanders Draws 1,000 Anti-Fracking Activists in Upstate New York
It was a moment when elements of the grassroots anti-fracking movement in New York State joined hands with the larger political groundswell behind the Sanders campaign.