Saturday, July 12, 2025

‘Great Elephant Census’ Shows Catastrophic Decline in Africa

"Forest elephant populations are already known to be decreasing at alarming rates and now the Great Elephant Census has revealed that savannah elephants are in the same boat."

Oil refineries face shutdowns as demand collapses

In other words, facing a mounting glut and no ability to lower output further, some refineries may simply need to shut down entirely.
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Actor Shailene Woodley On Her Arrest, Strip Search and Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance

"Every time we allow another pipeline … we are endorsing the fossil fuel industry and only prolonging the time it is going to take to switch to renewable energy."
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As oil price plummets, call to nationalize industry rises

Nationalization as a way to wind down the sector, tackle the climate crisis and create a just economic transition.

Big oil faces mounting legal battles over climate threats to its New England Oil...

The communities surrounding these terminals are constantly at risk of being inundated with a stew of oil and toxic materials."

Trump lied: Keystone XL now allowed to be built using imported steel

TransCanada’s success over Trump is what happens when you have an administration stacked with fossil fuel billionaires and a trade deal that enables corporate polluters to push their agenda at will.

British Airways nearly as polluting as all vans on UK roads combined, data shows

Possible is calling for a “progressive tax” on aviation such as a frequent flyer levy that would increase taxes on flights the more someone flies in a given year.

What comes after this plastic-filled pandemic?

A new generation of medical professionals is tasked with undoing decades of hospitals’ easy reliance on single-use plastic.

New study links osteoporosis to air pollution

“Air pollution continues to rise at an alarming rate, and affects economies and people’s quality of life; it is a public health emergency.”

US-EU steel agreement to be first climate-friendly trade deal if passed

"The Sierra Club commends the Biden administration for pursuing a new, climate-focused agreement with the EU on steel and aluminum trade, which could become the nation’s first climate-friendly trade agreement."