Climate change forced over 1 million Africans from their homes in 2015
Disasters triggered by rapid-onset natural hazards affected 33 African countries last year.
“This is the right thing to do”: Energy CEO on ending leases to drill...
After 35 years of fighting for the cancellation of nearly 50 oil and gas leases, Montana’s Blackfeet tribe scored an unexpected victory when Devon Energy voluntarily backed out of their claims.
EPA releases new report and confirms what we all knew: Fracking contaminates drinking water
“The EPA’s final report on impacts of fracking on groundwater has concluded what too many Americans already know from personal experience: Fracking has caused lasting harm to drinking water sources throughout the country.”
After visiting Standing Rock, Swedish bank puts companies behind DAPL on watch
“It is becoming increasingly clear that financial institutions view the Dakota Access pipeline as a liability.”
Inside Exxon’s great climate cover-up: From early climate change researcher to epic climate denier
Exxon knew that fossil fuels cause global warming as early as the 1970s but hid that information from the public.
World’s richest launch $1 billion fund to fight climate change, invest in clean tech
This week, a group of top tech executives from Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and more will reportedly meet with the president-elect.
The Senate finally approves aid for Flint, but at an expense
“Federal funding to help begin fixing the pipes at the heart of the Flint water crisis is shamefully overdue.”
Not just Standing Rock: Pipelines threaten native lands across the country
‘We are probably going to have to resist one pipeline at a time for many decades to come, and maybe longer,’ a Cherokee researcher tells MintPress as a Ramapough Lunaape chief says, ‘We need help now.’
Trump: ‘Nobody really knows’ if climate change is real
The Paris agreement, Trump claims, is something he is "studying."
A last resort that might work: Small town votes in community bill of rights...
Opposing a pipeline, residents in Waterville, Ohio, passed a new law to protect their right to clean air, water, and soil.