Big Oil cheers as Trump plans to open national parks for drilling
For now, it looks like the Right's "Drill, Baby, Drill" ethos is back on.
California becomes first state to ban plastic produce bags
The bill, known as Senate Bill (SB) 1046, stipulates that stores can only provide so-called “precheckout bags” if they are compostable or made from recyclable paper.
Kids who live near fracking sites are up to 7 times more likely to...
"Data suggests that those who lived closer, especially in areas with greater intensity of unconventional natural gas development activities, had the highest risk."
Giant North Dakota oil spill from 2013 still not cleaned up
This is another example of how unsafe pipeline are, and that spills are not a question of “if” but “when.”
High levels of mercury found in Greenland’s glaciers
Scientists analyzed samples from meltwater rivers and fjords and found concentrations of dissolved mercury among the highest ever recorded.
Greta Thunberg: 5 Years after Paris Agreement, world is ‘speeding in the wrong direction’...
“The gap between what we need to do and what is actually being done is widening by the minute."
As Enbridge races to build Line 3 Pipeline, resistance ramps up in the courts...
Meanwhile, the fight against Line 3 in Minnesota is continuing on the ground as Enbridge plows ahead with construction.
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The big, dirty money behind the California wildfires
It turns out that climate destruction isn’t just a terrible long-term investment, in many cases—as our state burns north, south, east, and west—it’s a terrible short-term investment too.
Domestic solar energy production reaches milestone mark
Surpassing 50 GW in capacity, this is enough energy to power approximately 37.5 million homes.