Climate groups applaud Newsom’s temporary fracking ban in California, but say other ‘critical next...
"Relentless organizing" by climate action groups across California forced the governor to call for a moratorium on fracking, 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben said.
Unfair food pricing is killing family farms and regenerative farming
In February, a dairy farmer friend sent me a note confiding that a few farmers she knows are living on cereal until...
Can we abandon pollutive fossil fuels and avoid an energy crisis?
When it comes to maintaining energy flows, there is a closing window to avert both climate catastrophe and economic peril.
Hawaii bans toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos, protects public health
The bill, SB3095, completely bans the use of chlorpyrifos, a highly toxic neurotoxin that causes significant damage to brain development in children.
PennEast Pipeline cancelation could signal ‘end of an era’ for unnecessary fossil fuel projects
The pipeline would have crossed more than 88 waterways, 44 wetlands, 30 parks, and 33 conservation easements. Experts say the cancelation demonstrates that federal regulators must stop approving gas pipelines that fail to show they are needed in the first place.
Scientists warn the planet has crossed its first climate tipping point
Global heating has pushed warm-water reefs past a point of no return, scientists warn, with mass bleaching since 2023 affecting more than four-fifths of reefs and cascading risks for food security, coastal protection, and the global economy ahead of COP30.
This Labor Day, Let’s Look at Ways Green Energy Is Helping Americans
The fuel for solar and wind is free. At some point in the next 50 years, installation will be done or inexpensive, and the fuel will be gratis. The average worker will likely experience the equivalent of a 6% raise as a result.
UNESCO proposes to downgrade Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status; Australian government pushes back
If added to the List of World Heritage in Danger, the Great Barrier Reef would become the first on it because of climate change reasons.
Congress Grills ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron and the American Petroleum Institute on their roles...
DeSmog has collected short clips from some of Thursday’s most illuminating moments.
Sand: The endangered natural resource
Two other huge sand hogs are devouring ever-increasing volumes of this resource: Beach restoration and Big Oil fracking.