Nebraska approves Keystone XL pipeline
Nebraska law barred regulators from considering spills or pipeline safety in its decision-making process, because who cares about the environment anyways, right?
EPA proposes ‘strongest ever’ standards for keeping coal plant pollution out of U.S. waterways
“The coal industry has benefited from lax pollution controls for decades, and we are pleased that the EPA is finally requiring the industry to stop dumping toxic pollutants into our waterways.”
First Nation sues Alberta Energy Regulator over Kearl Tailings Pond spill
The lawsuit alleges “negligence, nuisance, breach of the duty to consult, breach of the Honour of the Crown, breach of fiduciary duty, and unjustified treaty infringement by the AER and Alberta against the ACFN.”
How the environment fared in the midterm elections
Here are some results from notable elections around the country – and what they could mean for the future of the planet.
In ‘critical step’ for climate, Biden to restore protections for Tongass National Forest
“The Tongass is not only one of the few truly wild places left on the planet, it is vital to our path forward as we deal with climate change,” said the Alaska-based group SalmonState.
How do we get the media more focused on climate change?
"My hope is that if the candidates start getting inundated with emails, they may decide to join the Global Climate Strike crowd."
Washington petrochemical plant subsidies would violate federal ‘double dipping’ rules say environmental groups
The Port of Kalama methanol plant, if built on the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon, would expand North America’s capacity to export products produced by fracked shale gas wells.
Vicious cycle of increasing wealth gaps, disproportionate climate harms is worsening globally, report finds
“Global inequalities seem to be about as great today as they were at the peak of western imperialism in the early 20th century.”
600 million metric tons of plastic may fill oceans by 2036 if we don’t...
Fossil fuel stakeholders have been seeking new revenue in the petrochemical industry in general, and plastics in particular.
EPA names PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances
"[The] EPA must urgently follow up this rule with strong science-based and equitable actions to regulate PFAS as a class."