Climate Change Could Cause Power Blackouts Worldwide
Researchers find that drought and rising temperatures will reduce the water supplies that fossil fuel and nuclear power plants need to operate.
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Latest Effort to Block Air Pollution Rule
Twenty states tried to derail the Obama administration’s mercury regulation.
Mexico is letting an oil company destroy protected mangroves for an $8 billion oil...
Satellite images posted on Quartz show the cleared land to accommodate the construction.
Big oil foresaw extreme flooding now predicted to hit US coasts almost daily
While society generally may not yet understand these consequences, major oil companies have understood the risks of climate change driving these impacts for decades.
Gas pipeline explosion kills 1 and injures 5
Alabama is currently in a massive drought and is vulnerable to wildfires, making these events all the more dangerous.
‘That’s the way it is’: Trump’s dismissal of Hurricane Laura and climate crisis echoes...
“There's still many things that we can save, but that's going to require action and that action is going to have to happen soon.”
Indigenous leaders furious after EPA grants Oklahoma control over sovereign tribal lands
“We must fight back against this underhanded ruling,” said one Indigenous leader. “In the courts, on the frontlines and in the international courts, life itself is at stake.”
The ‘Radioactivity Is Good for You’ Push
While the hormesis model would result in needless death and misery, a group of pro-nuclear fanatics are drastically downplaying the dangers of radioactivity. We need to take a strong public stand against this proposed change.
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe receives $1 million investment to transition away from fossil fuels
"We are grateful and honored to accept the inaugural Henry A. Wallace Award and a grant from the Wallace Global Fund that will help us continue our resistance against the pipeline and transition to clean energy technologies like wind and solar."
France to ban all new development of shale oil and gas
The days of unfettered fossil fuel extraction are over.