EPA decides not to regulate fracking wastewater as Pennsylvania study reveals recent spike
“Failure to update rules for the disposal and handling of dangerous oil and gas wastes is an egregious dereliction of duty and an intolerable threat to the health and safety of American citizens.”
Why do men get to make the climate decisions?
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, we talk about women, art, climate, and guinea pigs.
Trump pick for White House environmental council profited from oil drilling, energy industry speaking...
“It’s unsettling to learn about the close ties that White has to the very interests and entities that she’s been tasked to oversee.”
Maersk becomes first shipping company to have its climate targets validated
Maersk climate targets aim to reach net zero emissions by 2040 across the entire business with new technologies, new vessels, and green fuels.
U.S. Senators: Heartland Institute mailings to grade school science teachers ‘possibly fraudulent’
This group of senators now wants DeVos to answer detailed questions about her contacts with the Heartland Institute.
Science Advisory Board: EPA Lacked Clarity in Report on Fracking and Drinking Water Contamination
The EPA not only ignored high-profile contamination cases in its study, but prematurely abandoned investigations.
The Right calls climate change a leap of faith. But denial is a leap...
Climate change presents us with an existential challenge: Can humans muster the political will to save ourselves?
ING Bank just divested their DAPL financing – we all helped to change their...
Last month, bank officials met face to face with leaders of the Standing Rock Sioux, and this week they announced the bank had sold the loan at the request of tribal leaders.
Firefighters race to protect world’s largest tree from menacing wildfires
Sequoias have evolved to withstand wildfires and even to spread their seeds with help from the heat. However, the more intense fires fueled by the climate crisis can be too much even for these trees.
Wisconsin oil refinery explosion injures at least 15 people
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board has sent a four-person team to investigate the incident.