Tag: environment

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.

The agency Trump plans to eviscerate does much more than fight climate change.

As one demonstrator told the publication, “There’s a very real possibility that once the new president is inaugurated, our voices won't matter.”

Southeast Asia is a global biodiversity hotspot – but with about 4 billion people living in the region, the pressures on that biodiversity are severe.