Environment

Trump’s EPA Has All but Stopped Enforcing Environmental Laws

Tom Perkins / Grist May 9, 2025 In the last few months, the federal agency has significantly scaled back pollution enforcement. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

We Cannot Transition to Renewable Energy Without a Plan

David Fridley, Richard Heinberg / IMI Mar 18, 2024 Radical societal transformation is inevitable; a plan could make a difference between catastrophe and progress. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

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Colombia’s Cerrejón Mine Dispute Tests the Limits of Sovereignty

Julian Mathews / Truthdig Jan 22, 2024 In Colombia, lawsuits by foreign corporations are obstructing a fossil fuel phase-out at the expense of the indigenous Wayúu community. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Insurers Should Support People, Not the Fossil Fuel Industry

By Tony Dunn / Independent Media Institute Feb 27, 2020 Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Earth Had its Hottest Decade on Record in 2010s

SETH BORENSTEIN / The Associated Press Jan 15, 2020 Scientists say they see no end to the way human-caused climate change is adversely affecting the planet. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Coal Day in Hell

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Dec 24, 2019 Dig deeper

Even Insurance Companies Are Turning Their Backs on Coal

Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network Dec 9, 2019 As the climate crisis worsens, one of its biggest culprits is getting too hot for many former backers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

China’s Climate Paradox: A Leader in Coal and Clean Energy

CHRISTINA LARSON / The Associated Press Dec 2, 2019 The world's top emitter of greenhouse gases is also a principle market for solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

U.S. Tells U.N. It Is Pulling Out of Paris Climate Deal

SETH BORENSTEIN / The Associated Press Nov 4, 2019 It files formal notice on the first day it could do so; the process takes a year. Critics call it a reckless failure of leadership. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Carbon Capture Could Save the Planet

Paul Brown / Climate News Network Oct 31, 2019 The method is proved and essential to prevent the rise of global average temperatures, scientists say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

G7 Climate Meeting

Adam Zyglis / The Buffalo News, NY Aug 28, 2019 Dig deeper

Trump’s Policies Are Destroying Rural America

Gloria Oladipo / OtherWords Aug 21, 2019 Like several of the administration's policies, a new EPA rule will prove especially devastating for people of color and rural Americans. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )