Environment

Switching to recycled metals will help the company avoid 58,000 tons CO2 every year.

A historic year for environmental justice saw government failures in Flint, a resurgent Native voice, and a merging of movements. We're watching where it’s headed in the new year.

“This latest attempt by Big Oil to silence dissent is no surprise.”

On November 9, the Energy Department’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) named as its new director former West Virginia University Professor Brian Anderson.

The announcement will prompt a yearlong scientific assessment followed by a public comment period before a decision is made.

"Sánchez came out in support of the U.S. Green New Deal – sometimes translated as 'El New Deal Verde' or 'El Green New Deal de España' – in January and has campaigned on it throughout the election."

A DeSmog analysis found that the delegations from multiple countries are heavily drawn from their oil ministries and even large oil companies. Shell and other publicly traded oil giants are also attending the climate proceedings under the cover of trade groups.

Wastewater injection had been happening in Oklahoma for 80 years, but something was driving the growing number of purges. But what is the cause?

How did these tiny pieces of plastic managed to make such a journey?

“If the federal government won’t act to protect public safety and adopt a safer nationwide standard, we will adopt our own. There is just too much to lose — for people and our environment.”