Saturday, May 4, 2024

Clean energy grows, but many of the poorest remain in the dark

World Bank reports “a race” underway to secure sustainable energy, but a money gap leaves poorer nations – particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa – lagging.

Clash over the Bayou Bridge pipeline ratchets up after Louisiana pipeline explosion

Both sides drew their battle lines on the Bayou Bridge pipeline deeper in the sand at the second permit hearing.

In California’s Imperial Valley, residents aren’t waiting for government to track pollution

For marginalized communities along the California-Mexico border, projects to gather and share scientific reports are crucial to holding agencies accountable.

Dakota Access pipeline ‘could be operational within 30 days’

Activists remain defiant, with three new camps springing up in recent days.

How a Russian steel oligarch and Putin ally is profiting from the Keystone XL...

DeSmog’s findings come as Trump is under scrutiny from Congress, U.S. intelligence agencies, and others for his personal and presidential campaign team’s ties to Russia.

EPA scientists held from attending Alaska summit

The agency’s last-minute change of plans highlighted the concerns of many conference attendees over the future of EPA programs dealing with climate change.

Energy dept: Fracked oil to account for 60 percent of U.S. crude output over...

The agency said that fracking oil production is expected to ramp up to 6 million barrels per day, well into next decade.
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5 facts you probably didn’t know about plastic waste

Humans have created enough plastic since the second world war to coat the Earth entirely in clingfilm – no joke. It’s time people ditch their dependency on plastics.

These kids will see Trump in court

Twenty-one kids and climate scientist James Hansen were suing the Obama administration to take more aggressive action on climate. Now, the climate-change-denying 45th president has inherited the case.

Pipeline resistance broadens: On the day Dakota Access oil flows, go one day without...

Let’s do what it takes to remind the companies, and the government itself, who’s really in charge of the economy.