EPA disbanded a clean air science panel. We met anyway – and here’s what...
The nongovernmental panel of experts found that particle pollution regulations aren’t protecting public health, but that's not the only worrying trend at EPA.
Exxon’s Weapons of Mass Confusion on Climate Change
The real power, and our great hope, is in the People's rebellion: marches, civil disobedience, trainings, teach-ins and other actions to pressure leaders to put people and the planet over corporate profiteering.
Records break and fires rage as U.S. West sees third heat wave this summer
“People aren’t able to cool off; it's a lot harder to get relief.”
Republicans in Nebraska are trying to restrict wind power development by labeling it as...
One dangerous provision in the bill would redefine the term “renewable energy generation facility” by removing the word “wind” from the list of designated facilities.
After Trump elected, nearly 200 nations proclaim “urgent duty” to implement Paris Climate accord
This comes just over a week after the election of Donald Trump, who has vowed to pull the United states out of the Paris Agreement and has called climate change a Chinese-created hoax.
Trump’s EPA finalizes rollback of methane emissions rules
“This damaging new rule won't save fossil fuel corporations, it won't bring the U.S. closer to energy independence, and it won't protect people from dangerous air pollution.”
Pandemic lockdowns caused ‘just a tiny blip’ in climate-polluting emissions, WMO finds
The news comes as it's more critical than ever to seriously tackle rising global emissions.
California becomes first state to ban plastic produce bags
The bill, known as Senate Bill (SB) 1046, stipulates that stores can only provide so-called “precheckout bags” if they are compostable or made from recyclable paper.
South Korea’s Green New Deal: Myths versus realities
There's one place in the world where the Green New Deal is a policy reality. But is it living up to its hype?
Oil industry ponders getting ‘dragged into low-carbon future’ while claiming it ‘stepped up’ on...
As the DeSmog series Fracking for Plastics notes, Saetre is not alone in his ambition to either burn all the oil and gas or turn it into plastics.