Federal judge slams Trump funding freeze, orders restoration of $176 million in environmental grants
Judge Gergel rules that the Trump administration violated congressional authority and the law by halting environmental and climate-related funding to cities and nonprofits across the U.S.
Another scary superbug has been found on an American hog farm
Researchers went looking for one type of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, only to find one that had no reason to be there.
BREAKING: Criminal Charges for 3 Over Flint Water Crisis is “Only the Beginning”
Attorney General Bill Schuette stated that these charges are “only the beginning” and that no one guilty will be able to escape justice because “no one is above the law.”
US responsible for one-third of global oil and gas expansion
While the U.S. is the frontrunner when it comes to the size of new oil and gas plans, Canada, Russia, Iran, China, Brazil and United Arab Emirates are consecutive on the list.
Offshore oil well leaked for months, public kept in dark for a year
“There's absolutely no justification for continuing to keep the company involved or the location of the oil spill a secret.”
Projected collapse of crucial Antarctic current met with media silence
Science doesn’t guide U.S. corporate media, which were virtually silent on the landmark study.
DOE approves LNG exports from Alaska project
The $38.7 billion infrastructure project, if it gets the necessary investments and all required permits, will be operational by 2030.
A decade later and still nothing learned from BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore oil spill
“Instead of learning lessons from the BP disaster, President Trump is proposing to radically expand offshore drilling, while dismantling the few protections put in place as a result of the catastrophic blowout.”
A secretive network is fighting Indigenous rights in Australia and Canada, expert says
“The effort to deny Aboriginal Australians a voice is part of a global playbook from Atlas and its allies.”
Don’t let Trump distract you: Public comment on DAPL is now open
Now until Feb. 20 is the public’s chance to push for a full review of the pipeline’s climate impacts. Here’s what to do.