Tag: environment
‘A major win for New Yorkers’: Court of appeals upholds state’s...
It would be unacceptable for a pipeline – or any project – to pollute our waters and undermine New Yorkers’ health and water resources.
Honeybee colonies are on the rise
The number of U.S. honeybee colonies has risen 27% since last year.
This is the drilling method for most US oil but regulators...
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR), an under-regulated drilling method that has been around for over a century and could be threatening drinking water sources.
Despite withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, US will join climate...
The United Nations welcomes the Trump Administration’s re-engagement.
Pruitt’s attack on science continues to undermine integrity at EPA
Pruitt’s behavior is just the type of behavior the Scientific Integrity Policy should be protecting against.
Deafening ocean noise threatens marine life
If we wouldn’t inflict such pain on our worst enemies, then why are we so ruthless to our neighbors in the sea?
Bernie fights to oppose new dirty energy bill
“Our job is to move away from fossil fuels toward sustainable energy and energy efficiency,” Sanders said in a statement. “This bill does the opposite.”
Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell speaks out before jail time for peaceful...
Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell and Pramilla Malick are going to jail today for their nonviolent protest against a natural gas-fired power plant that uses fracked gas in Orange County, New York.
EPA’s Scott Pruitt wants to televise a debate on climate change
Pruitt says there are many unanswered questions about climate change.
Bad news for Big Oil: Electric vehicle sales to surpass gas...
The BNEF points out that the world's “Electric Car Revolution” could be well underway except for one major factor: Donald Trump.
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.