Environment

Despite local demonstrations against destructive war exercises, the U.S. Navy is set to start the naval training in the Gulf of Alaska—one of the most pristine places left on Earth. Is the Pentagon making war on Alaska?

The Koch network is continuing to push their “pro-human” case for fossil fuels.

The bill would allow National Park Service regional directors the discretion to implement the policy and encourages them to develop a visitor education strategy to explain the rationale for the program.

The decision is just the latest defeat of Trump's efforts to roll back his predecessor's attempts to curb emissions from the coal industry and other fossil fuel businesses, ignoring public opinion and scientists who agree that fossil fuel extraction is contributing to the rapid warming of the planet.

"We have no choice but to take direct action to put our bodies on the line because petitions, sign-waving, and chanting—we tried that for the past 50 years and it hasn't worked, and we're out of time," said one arrested activist.

They identified 21,518 deaths during this period where heat was either the underlying or a contributing cause of death.

‘Is there a time to declare that air that sustains life is a fundamental right?’

Could this severely dim their prospects of ever moving forward?

We need to improve sustainability since our future survival relies upon it.

The U.K.’s Scotland Minister David Duguid has been criticized over “nonsense” remarks about the proposed new Cambo oilfield, ahead of a meeting with co-owner Siccar Point Energy.