Tag: environment

The US Army Corps of Engineers have announced that they will delay granting Dakota Access the necessary easements to drill under Lake Oahe and the Missouri River until “discussion and analysis” with the Standing Rock Sioux can take place.

“We need to think long and hard, this legislature, about why we need to rush ahead.”

There are 38 banks supporting the Dakota Access pipeline. I found out mine was one of them.

Today, Aruba gets nearly 40 percent of its energy from clean power and intends to reach 100 percent in several years.

Humans need to do what nature is trying to do: recognize that change is upon us and adapt our behavior in ways that limit serious, long-term consequences.

25 million single-use plastic bags are discarded every day in California. This new law aims to benefit the environment and all wildlife.

The Paris agreement seeks to create a more transparent system that will allow the public to monitor how well goals are met by each country as climate change progress is made.

Alabama is currently in a massive drought and is vulnerable to wildfires, making these events all the more dangerous.

While some African countries are among the 86 Parties that had ratified the Agreement by Oct. 27, an analysis revealed that most African NDCs are vague in their adaptation and mitigation aspirations.

Climate scientists like me need to be clear about the global danger. Putting a price on CO2 would slow warming more effectively than any other policy tool we have available.