Keystone XL pipeline gets new push from revolving door team of lobbyists
Both lobbying teams are also pushing to ease the regulatory and permitting path for future cross-border pipelines and domestic natural gas pipelines.
EPA announces selected applicants for CPRG Implementation Grants to help fight climate pollution locally
The grants will go to state, local, and regional entities fighting climate pollution across different sectors, many focusing on clean transportation projects.
Deforestation puts lizards in North America at risk, new report finds
Forest loss, along with climate change, is creating a lack of shelter for lizards from extreme temperatures and nearly one in five could face population decline in the next century.
Scientists’ urge international body to protect and regrow forests as a real climate issue
"...our message as scientists is simple: Our planet's future climate is inextricably tied to the future of its forests."
In our deeply unequal world, the garbage rises ever higher
On Everest and elsewhere,the rich are creating waste.
Landmark inquiry in Philippines backs accountability for ‘climate-polluting’ corporations
"We enjoin all Filipinos to stand up for climate and environmental justice, and ensure our elected officials in the next administration take this to heart."
Top oil lobbyist wants government open to keep rolling back environmental rules
There are signs the Trump administration is still at work on that fossil fuel-friendly agenda in some places, such as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), despite the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
Native organizations fill gaps in federal support for tribal renewable energy, healing native communities
The IRA provides Tribes with renewable energy tax credits for the first time (covering up to 70 percent of project cost) and increases funding for Tribal energy loans from $2 to $20 billion!
Beef industry causes deforestation in Colombia’s Chiribiquete National Park
The EIA recommends “a structural reform to care for many of these problems, starting with declaring the principles of transparency and livestock traceability to be in the public interest.”
A vote to retire two coal-fired power plants passes despite Trump’s cry to save...
"It is not about coal. This decision is about economics."