Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Around the world, environmental laws are under attack

Without our hard-won environmental protections, we would all already be breathing polluted air, drinking befouled water, and living in a world with much less wildlife.

The growing danger of force for hire

Energy Transfer Partners are just one of the recent companies to utilize private military and security contractors. Looks like the private security genie is out of the bottle.

22 awesome responses to Trump’s announcement on Paris Agreement

"With this reckless rejection of international climate cooperation, the administration took a giant step toward turning our country into a rogue nation."

Dakota Access Pipeline begins service the same day Trump announces withdrawal from Paris agreement

This decision is not the first – nor will it likely be the last – from the Trump administration to move the United States backwards in climate action.

World’s first commercial carbon sucking machine turns greenhouse gas into fertilizer

“It is clear today that we won't be able to achieve zero gigatonnes by the end of the century without the use of carbon removal technologies.”

Newly leaked documents reveal insane counterterrorism tactics used against Standing Rock water protectors

Surveillance tactics used by the company include social media information harvesting, aerial surveillance and radio eavesdropping and infiltration of camps and activist circles.

Snake vomiting bottle highlights world’s plastic problem

Recent government estimates show that more than 15,000 tonnes of plastic waste is generated in India each day, in which 6,000 tonnes go uncollected and littered.

Opposition to pipeline construction escalates nationwide

“We have to put more emphasis on solar ... and alternative sources of energy.”

If they’re wrong, the planet dies

The Obama administration could have done more to stop climate change. The Trump administration couldn't have done less.

685,000+ send comments in support of Bears Ears National Monument

“The people have spoken – more than half a million strong – and 99 percent expect these magnificent lands to be held in the public trust for future generations.”