Electric trains everywhere: A solution to crumbling roads and climate crisis
Transportation accounts for nearly a third of the country’s carbon emissions.
As air pollution reaches epidemic proportions, EPA rollbacks cause 200,000 deaths per year
"When a study shows 99% of death occurring at exposure levels below that threshold, that should make us look much harder at whether the threshold protects people effectively enough.”
In ‘historic’ move, Nebraska farmers return land to the Ponca tribe to block Keystone...
"TransCanada will have to negotiate with a new landowner, one that has special legal status as a tribe."
‘Biggest story in the world right now’: Humanity has flipped Amazon from carbon sink...
The findings, said one expert, “show that the uncertain future is happening now.”
Say goodbye to your national parks road trips?
Get your hikes and other recreation in while you can. A new study finds warming temperatures could mean big changes in how we use our public lands.
‘A disturbing symbol of big oil’s intentions:’ Chevron buys up rival producer
"Our leaders must stand up to these polluting industries, halt all new fossil fuel projects, and implement policies that phase out dangerous fossil fuels for good."
The carbon tax debate isn’t going away. What would the ideal bill look like?
After opposing a Washington state carbon tax in November, climate justice advocates are setting the stage for a more thorough initiative to address both climate change and inequality.
Resistance that won’t quit: A timeline of the Keystone XL Pipeline
Despite a Trump executive order undoing nearly nine years of defiance, the story of the-pipeline-that-won’t-die isn’t over.
China bans seafood imports from Japan after release of Fukushima wastewater into Pacific Ocean
The Chinese customs bureau said the immediate ban was put in place to prevent “the risk of radioactive contamination of food safety caused by Japan’s Fukushima nuclear contaminated water discharge.”
Warning: A ‘shrinking window’ of usable groundwater
"We found that the average depth of water resources across the country was about half of what people had previously estimated.”