Tag: environment

"This means a halt to all new fossil fuel development now, and it means a rejection of dangerous false solutions like market-based emissions trading programs."

“Other countries, namely China, are frantically investing in renewables. For us to crow about our oil wealth, and not focus on renewables, is for us to miss the opportunity to be leaders in the world as it’s going to be.”

We must transform our lethal energy system to one that sustains us, while creating genuine national and international security at peace with all of nature and humanity.

The explosions were strong enough to be felt by residents of the nearby island.

"We’ve inhabited this land for so long, since the beginning of time and so not allowing that migration to flow disrupts people’s systems. We know the impacts [the border wall] has already had on our environment.”

Combined with regulatory rollbacks and structural weakening of the EPA, the steep declines in enforcement nearly across the board show that Trump’s EPA is on what we consider a dangerous path.

“We expected the state regulators and the governor to step in and assure the safety of Pennsylvanians. They have not.”

"This really is not as much about the monetary amount as it is about awareness and influencing future behavior."

If we do not rapidly, systematically and substantially reduce our consumption in several key areas and radically alter our parenting model, while resisting elite violence strategically on several fronts, homo sapiens will enter Earth’s fossil record within a few years.

Blue states can take the lead on protecting water where it counts most: at the source. They can articulate an urgently needed national water vision.