Tag: environment
Instead of Supporting Trump, Here’s What the Koch Brothers are Doing...
The Koch Brothers have started a pro-fossil fuel front group, “Fueling U.S. Forward,” that seeks to get the public emotionally invested in fossil fuels as being “pro-human.”
Massive Methane ‘Hot Spot’ Linked to Fracking
This The 2,500-square mile hot spot, located in the Four Corners region of the southwest United States, is more than triple a standard ground-based estimate and is a huge contributor to global warming.
Chief State Scientist Resigns and Accuses Republicans of Covering Up Water...
State Epidemiologist Megan Davies has resigned her position because of the corruption of Governor Pat McCrory's administration.
Teens Discover Seed That Naturally Cleanses Polluted Water
The seeds of this tree can filter contaminated water, remove impurities and even make water drinkable again.
Epic Middle East Heat Wave is Being Compared to Weapon of...
Temperatures in the Middle East have reached record heights leaving scientists worried about the future.
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Reminds World That Climate Change is Very...
The Opening Ceremony at the Rio 2016 Olympics Games centered on climate change and its effects.
A Former Governor Admitted He Put Economics Ahead of Safety When...
Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell admitted his state’s fracking regulations favored economics over environmental safety
Oil Spills are Actually Good for Birds, Fish, and the Economy...
“Environmentalists worry that an increase in oil trains could lead to a rise in oil train derailments, but witnesses that testified before the EFSEC on behalf of Vancouver Energy say oil spills might not actually be that bad for the environment.”
“Indian Point:” A Disaster Waiting to Happen
The film emphasizes: “With so much attention focused on Indian Point, the future of nuclear plants in the United States might depend on what happens here.”
Cities Turning to a Plastic-Free Future
Plastic Free July is asking you to ditch one-time use plastic goods for an entire month.
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DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure
On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.
The US bombs kids so Palmer Luckey can have nice things
Because for every bomb the U.S. and Israel drop, a bunch of men in cushy offices profit off all the death.
‘You can’t live without us’: How Big Oil pivoted from climate-friendly messaging to normalize...
More than 1,500 independent advertising agencies and 4,000 individual creatives have signed Clean Creatives’ pledge to refuse future fossil fuel contracts.
Oil regulators found hundreds of wells violating Oklahoma rules. Then they ignored their findings.
Oklahoma took on an ambitious project to catalog all of the state’s injection wells, which shoot toxic waste generated by oil drilling back into the ground. Despite records showing risk of drinking water pollution, the state chose not to act.
Thanks, MAGA, for exposing six corrosive myths that plague America—if we survive!
So kudos to today’s rightwing bellicosity for making clear the U.S. unilaterally wields deadly, rapacious power, whether sensible or stupid or gratuitous.