Saturday, May 18, 2024

Ice shelf holding Pine Island Glacier could collapse within a decade

“The recent changes in speed are not due to melt-driven thinning; instead they’re due to the loss of the outer part of the ice shelf.”

Bayer investigates its shady PR firm after ‘Monsanto File’ scandal in France

"This is a very important discovery because it shows there are objective strategies to silence strong voices."

Report: Nearly half of Americans breathing unhealthy air

The EPA recently announced it would not be strengthening the standard for particle pollution or soot, despite the agency’s own analysis showing that strengthening the standard by 25 percent could save 12,500 lives per year.

Indigenous-led movement credited with ‘huge victory’ as Biden plans to rescind Keystone XL permit...

"We formed an immensely powerful, unlikely alliance of voices and we never gave up."

Oregon Passes Historic Bill to Phase Out Coal and Double Down on Renewables

Commitments like Oregon’s are essential to the global effort to contain and reduce carbon dioxide emissions to levels that can protect the Earth for future generations.
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Green Party wins record support in EU elections as youth-led climate strikes grow

The next president of the European Commission will likely be Bas Eickhout of the Dutch Green Party.

The North American natural gas industry is struggling—here’s why

Natural gas has proven to be a horrible investment. LNG exports were supposed to save the U.S. natural gas industry but those hopes have yet to pan out.
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Florida’s deadliest hurricane in years may worsen inequality, homelessness amid DeSantis’s culture war

Are Republicans like Governor DeSantis “more concerned about sticking it to Joe Biden than actually making sure that they can take care of their people?”

Congressional Committee members pushing LNG exports bills have deep financial, revolving door ties

Most of the politicians backing the two bills under consideration have taken tens of thousands of dollars in contributions from the oil and gas industry.

Disbanded air pollution panel finds EPA standards don’t protect public health

The panel supported the preliminary conclusions of a Draft EPA Policy Assessment that the current standards aren't requisite to protect public health.