Trump Administration Takes 'Wrecking Ball' to Endangered Species Act
If Interior Department's proposals are approved, they will open the door for corporate attacks on vulnerable wildlife.
Rules for Handling Toxic Coal Ash Eased
The EPA makes the change, which affects more than 400 U.S. coal-fired power plants, after utilities push back against Obama-era regulations. The companies are expected to save roughly $30 million a year as a result.
Clean Energy Is Vital but Still Not Enough
There are some problems clean energy from wind and sun cannot solve. Two new studies provide a roadmap of the challenges ahead.
Trump Dreams About a New Energy Boom
Oil leases could cover Colorado's North Fork Valley.
China’s Falling Emissions Raise Hopes for Climate
The drop is associated with a move from heavy industry to technical and services enterprises, a decline in the amount of coal used for energy, more efficient energy production and a jump in the use of renewables.
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Scott Pruitt Got Off Easy: Ecocide Is No Small Matter
The former EPA chief’s career has been dedicated to two things: filling his family bank account and bending energy policy toward the extraction and burning of every last hydrocarbon on earth.
Past Warming Shows We Could Be Close to the 2°C Brink
Once again, past warming warns of the power of climate change. The surprise is that it doesn’t take much warming to raise sea levels six meters.
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The Media Never Mention the No. 1 Cause of Climate Change
Animal agriculture—raising the animals most of us eat—is a top cause of illness, sickness, torture and environmental destruction.
Cost of Rising Seas Could Reach $27 Trillion a Year by 2100
In 80 years, the global cost of rising seas could be at astronomical levels, with the oceans nearly two meters higher than now.
New Atlas Traces the Scar Humans Have Inflicted on Earth
Yet another global survey has identified the devastation of the Anthropocene. By 2050, the landscapes will be degraded even more.