Keystone Pipeline leaks in South Dakota, spilling over 200,000 gallons of oil
“Enough is enough. Pipelines leak – it's not a question of 'if', but 'when.'”
Over 40 companies pledge to cut plastic pollution
Hopefully, other countries and companies will join the UK Plastics Pact and do their part in producing less plastic waste.
Tropical forests lost 40 football fields of tree cover per minute in 2017
That amounts to 40 football fields worth of trees cut every minute of last year in a devastating blow to biodiversity and the global climate.
Energy Transfer continued work after telling investors Mariner East Pipeline was completed
Documents show the company continued “tie ins” for the pipeline project after a February 16 earnings call announcement, and photographs and videos showed pipeline work underway into March.
Pick your poison: The fracking industry’s wastewater injection well problem
The fracking industry is producing record amounts of oil, gas, and wastewater, meaning this problem of wastewater disposal isn't going away soon and disposal wells are likely to be part of the long-term solution.
Ten feelgood environment stories you may have missed in 2018
Here are ten upbeat environmental stories from this year that prove it’s not all doom and gloom.
Oil industry ponders getting ‘dragged into low-carbon future’ while claiming it ‘stepped up’ on...
As the DeSmog series Fracking for Plastics notes, Saetre is not alone in his ambition to either burn all the oil and gas or turn it into plastics.
Oxford study shows ‘heat can lead to food insecurity in a matter of days’
"Policymakers across sectors should consider how the socioeconomic links between heat, health, income, and food insecurity can be integrated into research, heat action plans, food programs, and labor regulations."
Governments resume debate on International Seabed Authority’s practice of seabed mining
The debate on the protection of the deep sea reaches the final agenda after being blocked by pro-mining countries last year.
Dominion buys pipeline support at Supreme Court through GOP Attorneys General
With a key Atlantic Coast Pipeline appeal before the Supreme Court, US Attorney General Barr and Republican state Attorneys General have intervened in Dominion’s favor – while sharing close financial ties to the utility.