Smoke from western wildfires to spread as far as New York
Wildfire smoke is a problem because it contributes to air pollution.
Mother Earth vs. capitalism, private property & rapture fundamentalists
The great insight from the last century or so: imperial powers profit more from exploiting natural resources than bashing foreign heads.
China invests $100B in water clean-up projects
For the people's sake, let’s hope China is able to meet their 2017 goals, and perhaps inspire other countries to follow suit.
Judge rejects sale of public lands for fracking, halts drilling in Wyoming
"[The] agency must consider the cumulative impact of GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions generated by past, present, or reasonably foreseeable BLM lease sales in the region and nation.”
Plastics recycling ‘does not work,’ environmentalists stress as U.S. recycling rates drop to 5%
The authors of the report hope it sheds light on the inefficiency and unsustainable nature of plastics and plastic recycling to inspire better, widespread policies moving forward.
On climate change, centrism means a slow death
The GOP wants to accelerate climate change, while Democratic centrists are content with slowly embracing it. As hurricane season approaches, shouldn’t we be choosing life?
Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to fight the climate crisis
"We applaud Jeff Bezos' philanthropy, but one hand cannot give what the other is taking away."
When can pipelines take private land? Jordan Cove LNG project a test for eminent...
“This is not for a school, it’s not for a hospital, it’s not for an interstate, all of which we acknowledge benefits a wide variety of U.S. citizens. The only people that are going to benefit from this are the people that are invested in fossil fuels.”
On our climate-challenged planet, only some deaths really matter
Wealthy victims make headlines — while the wealthy still living stall the moves that could protect us all.
DRC to open bids for oil and gas drilling putting pristine forest and endangered...
Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) government opened another round of auctioning for 52 oil blocks, which threatens 64 percent of the country’s pristine forest.