Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Study finds staggering economic benefit from protecting wetlands

For example, in Florida, the loss of just 3% of wetland coverage resulted in $480 million in property damage during just one hurricane.

Why the Koch network took credit for Dakota Access, Keystone XL, and REINS Act

Koch Industries has a business interest in both pipelines, though their approval has not been something its funded network has widely discussed.

Population and the Environment

Today we are pressing against the absolute limits of the earth’s carrying capacity.

Cutting air pollutants could save more than 50,000 US lives each year, study says

The polluting activities rely mostly on the burning of fossil fuels and so are significant producers of the carbon dioxide emissions driving climate change.
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Amnesty head: Climate crisis is a “death penalty” for humanity. Leaders need political will...

More than a million students are expected to walk out of class on Friday in a Global Climate Strike, with more than...

To clean up the planet, clean up Washington

Doing so will remove long standing barriers that have slowed and blunted climate action.

Biden administration lets DAPL oil continue to flow without permit

The administration allowed DAPL to continue pumping oil despite lacking a key federal permit.

Keystone XL Pipeline construction to forge ahead during coronavirus pandemic

"He may want voters to believe that boom times are just around the corner, but even before COVID-19, global investors and central bankers were warning that the smart money is moving out of fossil fuels."

Video: The climate movement’s State of the Union

"The issue in front of us is not a scientific debate. It has everything to do political will."

Burning down the house

Doesn’t idiocy ever take a vacation? As August wound down, the populist troika of Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and...