Tag: environment

On Jan. 24, President Trump signed an executive order making it easier for both the Keystone XL and the DAPL to go forward.

All along the Pacific Coast, environmentalists are gearing up for an epic fight.

The 8-inch pipeline, owned and operated by Hilcorp Alaska, is leaking more than 210,000 cubic feet of gas per day.

If U.S. president Donald Trump’s plans to complete both the long-disputed Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines come to fruition, they would add 327 miles and 1,172 miles, respectively, to that burden.

Don’t argue with Pruitt or his Koch Brother-funded cousins. Close down the coal plants. End coal.

Nearly 2 million children a year lose their lives to conditions caused by environmental pollution and hazards.

Deep budget cuts to the NOAA and other climate science agencies could threaten public safety and academic programs.

Over their careers, these legislators appear to have responded in kind, pushing legislation favored by the industries reliant on fossil fuels.

After opposing a Washington state carbon tax in November, climate justice advocates are setting the stage for a more thorough initiative to address both climate change and inequality.

According to the environmental advocacy group Clean Water Action, the announcement appears to be in violation of DOGGR’s own compliance schedule, which requires all injection well operators that have not obtained an aquifer exemption from the EPA to cease injection by February 15, 2017.