Costa Rica’s progressive policies aim to make the country carbon-free by 2021
“We have the titanic and beautiful task of abolishing the use of fossil fuels in our economy to make way for the use of clean and renewable energies."
Documents reveal drilling and mining interests were behind shrinking of Utah National Monuments
Yes Secretary Zinke claimed that the shrinking of the national monuments "isn’t really about oil and gas.”
Climate change could turn a carbon sink into a carbon bomb
There is some debate as to whether this thawing of permafrost in peatland ecosystems is “a long freight train moving slowly as it unloads its greenhouse gases" or a carbon bomb about to blow as the train careens off the tracks.
Monsanto wins $7.7b lawsuit in Brazil – but farmers’ fight to stop its ‘amoral’...
Monsanto has long had the upper hand over the farmers who use its products. But the momentum may be shifting.
Campaigners claim ‘historic win’ as France found guilty of climate inaction
Today the Paris administrative court concluded France has failed to do enough to meet its own commitments on the climate crisis and is legally responsible for the ensuing ecological damage.
Historic verdict: Right to defense against climate change enshrined in Indian Constitution
This ruling signifies a pivotal advancement in India's climate change jurisprudence, intertwining the essence of environmental sustainability with fundamental human rights.
Demanding an end to ‘deadly fossil fuels,’ tens of thousands take the streets in...
"It's time for Biden to declare a climate emergency and phase out the fossil fuels killing people and wildlife around the world."
Maryland opens largest transit bus charging station
"The transportation infrastructure of tomorrow is up and running today in Montgomery County."
Scandal-plagued Scott Pruitt resigns from EPA, coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler now interim EPA chief
“Like Pruitt, this veteran coal lobby lobbyist has shown only disdain for the EPA’s vital mission to protect Americans’ health and our environment.”
Trump Would Be a Climate Killer
Environmentalists may debate over whether Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders would be better on climate. But what is indisputable is that both accept climate science and propose policies based on science that would cut carbon pollution.