Electric utility executives pony up for the GOP roll back of environmental protections
Utilities that perceive the spread of rooftop solar as a threat to their business model just landed a key ally in the Department of Energy.
Tigers and leopards to get new national park in China, 60% bigger than Yellowstone
A monitoring and rescue center for wild tigers and leopards will be set up, along with scientific and research facilities to complement the national park.
250 protestors demand Enbridge pipeline shutdown over concerns of Great Lakes oil spill
“Oil pipelines don't belong in the Great Lakes.”
Trump’s defense secretary cites climate change as national security challenge
James Mattis’ unpublished testimony before a Senate panel recognizes a threat others in the administration reject or minimize.
Meet the top EPA environmental justice official who quit to protest Pruitt & Trump
Mustafa Ali helped launch the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice in 1992.
Victory: Maryland House passes bill to ban fracking
Maryland is leading the way in the movement to ban fracking.
EPA sued for failure to release glyphosate documents
The EPA has no legal basis for refusing to produce these records.
Exxon, Peabody coal lobby for bill poised to load EPA science board with polluters
“That is a science advisory board – it will not function better by having fewer scientists on it."
The U.S. has one inspector for every 5,000 miles of pipeline – or twice...
If U.S. president Donald Trump’s plans to complete both the long-disputed Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines come to fruition, they would add 327 miles and 1,172 miles, respectively, to that burden.
How to respond to EPA chief Scott Pruitt’s lie about carbon dioxide and climate
Don’t argue with Pruitt or his Koch Brother-funded cousins. Close down the coal plants. End coal.