US approves of expansion of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in Gulf of...
The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary will now include portions of 14 additional reefs and banks in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, representing approximately a 104 square mile increase in area.
An Escape Hatch for Corporate Cons
While corporate crimes produce horrible injuries, illnesses and deaths, they are almost always settled by fines and payoffs. Why is it that criminal corporate executives are always given a “Get Out of Jail Free” card?
New flood maps show US damage rising 26% in next 30 years due to...
Climate change is raising flood risks in neighborhoods across the U.S. much faster than many people realize. Over the next three decades,...
West Texas fracking boom sputters as Apache Corp. admits firm lost billions, cites Alpine...
The losses are “a preview of the impacts of the inevitable decline of the oil and gas industry on a broad scale.”
SEC finds fracking sand company misled investors with claims of ‘game changing’ sand
The fracking industry’s over-the-top claims to investors have been the norm, but even when proven to be fraudulent, companies suffer almost no consequences.
Cold-War-Style Propaganda Posing as News at the New York Times
The Times has written a lot of verbiage about the controversial Keystone XL pipeline along with being a shameless promoter of war. Have we reached a nadir in journalism here in the U.S.?
‘The largest aviation impact on the climate’: Airplane contrails add to climate change and...
“Given the forecast for the increase in air traffic, which is very large, this contrail effect will increase even more than the carbon dioxide impact."
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.
Taking farmers for a ride
Trump’s trade disruptions are inflicting real pain, but they’re also exposing the frailty of an agriculture economy built for big business.
Sunoco ordered to suspend drilling on Mariner East 2 pipeline after spills, damage
Environmentalists emphasized that while they welcomed the drilling delay, they saw it as no reason for those opposed to the pipeline to become complacent or slow their efforts.