Environment

There will be no more fracking in California's offshore waters, at least until the U.S. Department of Interior can analyze the impacts of fracking on the environment.

So far this year TexNet seismographs have recorded 209 earthquakes, compared to 192 in 2018.

“Our new point is that if the very likelihood of having climate policy enacted in the first place may be jeopardized by political influences (via lobbying), why not try to use this revenue to neutralize some of the political opposition in a targeted way.”

“California is poised to become the world’s largest source of batteries, and it couldn’t come at a more crucial moment in our efforts to move away from fossil fuels.”

"Only a few months on the job, Scott Pruitt has become the leading candidate for worst boss in the world.”

“Indigenous women ... often are the ones to call out injustice when they see it immediately. We saw that at Standing Rock.”

We know that election year 2020 is important, but we have scarcely begun to grasp the epic depth of what we must...

Voluntary fixes for the growing — and global — hazardous algae problem aren’t working.

Spills are not the only problem.

“This is the bill we have been waiting for. It draws on the latest science to tap the treasure-trove of ocean solutions to accelerate progress on climate change. The outcome? People win, the economy wins, nature wins.”