Fossil fuel misinformation helps quash community effort to ban fracking in Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown, Ohio, has been told it cannot place an anti-fracking initiative on local ballots, due in part to a misinformation campaign from the fossil fuel industry.
Enbridge Pipeline explosion forces First Nations community to flee
The blast may lead to a natural gas shortage to homes in British Columbia as well as bordering American states.
‘The House is on fire,’ climate strikes come to America March 15
Now the inspiration is coming back across the Atlantic, and European teens will soon be joined by a mobilization of American high school students who will demand action from one of the world’s worst polluters, the United States of America.
600+ water protectors facing criminal charges unlikely to receive fair trials
“It appears that the state's strategy is to simply delay discovery, charge people based on collective action and not individual acts which can be established by admissible evidence, and then hope for a conviction from a jury overwhelmingly biased towards law enforcement and the state.”
Single-use plastic bag fees lead to 80% drop in beach pollution in the UK
Marine Conservation Society Report Highlights Success of Plastic Bag Charges and Ongoing Challenges in Reducing Overall Beach Litter
Protests begin in DC after motion to halt Dakota Access is denied
Energy Transfer Partners, the pipeline company that owns Dakota Access, has already been drilling under Lake Oahe for weeks.
New Jersey to become first U.S. state to ban declawing of cats
The procedure is considered to be physically and mentally painful for cats, which is why it might soon be banned in New Jersey.
At major march in Madrid, indigenous & youth activists slam global leaders for climate...
Protesters marched through Madrid’s city center Friday night in a massive climate demonstration led by indigenous leaders and youth activists.
Light pollution linked to nearly 50% decline in insect populations
“If insects are in trouble — as we believe they are, and have evidence to support that — perhaps we should be doing all we can to reduce these negative influences.”
Hundreds of acres of Ohio’s only national forest to be leased for fracking
The decision was made based on environmental assessment and research that is 11 years old.









