Norway’s Supreme Court to decide on climate lawsuit challenging offshore Arctic oil drilling
“To disregard this is to disregard Norway’s international responsibilities and science.”
Court rules against BLM’s rollback of Waste Prevention Rule
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers invalidated the Trump administration's move on Thursday and called the "rulemaking process resulting in the rescission was wholly inadequate."
Standing Rock Sioux say proposed DAPL expansion will increase spill risk
“I’m here because they want to double the risk of a spill.”
To protect its oceans, Canada bans waste water dumping from cruise ships
The new rules are in keeping with Canada’s continued efforts to preserve 30 percent of its oceans by 2030.
Arctic word games or Indigenous survival?
Indigenous leaders call climate change an urgent threat that requires a global response (an idea that was trashed by the Trump administration).
GM pledges to eliminate gas-powered vehicles by 2035
"General Motors is joining governments and companies around the globe working to establish a safer, greener and better world."
Earth may temporarily pass dangerous 1.5℃ warming limit by 2024, major new report says
If emission reductions are large and sustained, we can still meet the Paris goals and avoid the most severe damage to the natural world, the economy and people. But worryingly, we also have time to make it far worse.
Wisconsin oil refinery explosion injures at least 15 people
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board has sent a four-person team to investigate the incident.
Environmental reporting can help protect citizens in emerging democracies
What happens when an illegally logged tree falls or poachers kill endangered brown bears in the forest, but there’s no journalist to report it?
Trump admin tries to bury 1,656-page climate report warning of devastating health impacts of...
The findings are a sharp rebuke to the Trump administration’s insistence that environmental regulations hurt jobs and hinder economic growth.