Texans are freaking out over t...

May 20, 2015 by

Texans are freaking out over this natural gas pipeline — with good reason

[Translate] Shutterstock / Oleinik Dmitri By Bryan Schatz  GRIST This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is...

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BIG OIL GETS $10 MILLION FROM ...

May 18, 2015 by

BIG OIL GETS $10 MILLION FROM TAXPAYERS EVERY MINUTE (VIDEO)

[Translate] TRUTHDIG zooboing (CC BY 2.0) Governments give fossil fuel companies $5.3 trillion in subsidies every year—the equivalent...

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Shell Oil Caught Planning for ...

May 18, 2015 by

Shell Oil Caught Planning for Deadly 4 to 6 Degree Rise in Global Temperature

[Translate] by ericlewis0  THE GUARDIAN   (photo courtesy of Greenpeace) Whoopsies. From The Guardian: Royal Dutch Shell has been...

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6 ways to promote economic equ...

May 15, 2015 by

6 ways to promote economic equality and climate action at the same time

[Translate] By Ben Adler GRIST At a rally in front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio...

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“BREAKING: Duke Energy P...

May 15, 2015 by

“BREAKING: Duke Energy Pleads Guilty To Nine Environmental Crimes, Agrees To Pay $102 Million”

[Translate]   Coal ash swirls on the surface of the Dan River.    CREDIT: AP Photo/Gerry Broome CLIMATE PROGRESS   Duke...

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SEE HOW CLOSE OIL DRILLING WIL...

May 14, 2015 by

SEE HOW CLOSE OIL DRILLING WILL GET TO ARCTIC WHALES THIS SUMMER

[Translate] The region where Shell plans to sink wells is home to polar bears, walruses, seals, and other wildlife. beluga whales...

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BREAKING: Obama Administration...

May 12, 2015 by

BREAKING: Obama Administration Says Yes To Drilling In The Arctic

[Translate] by Emily AtkinCLIMATE PROGRESS In this Aug. 24, 2009 picture provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Coast Guard...

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Famous Coral Reef System In Be...

May 12, 2015 by

Famous Coral Reef System In Belize Could Soon Be The Site Of Oil Drilling

[Translate] by Samantha Page  CLIMATE PROGRESS Belize’s waters are pretty much perfect the way they are. CREDIT: via Shutterstock A...

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Dangerous and Radical: Republi...

May 11, 2015 by

Dangerous and Radical: Republican Senators Vote to Sell off America’s National Forests

[Translate] Environment It’s part of a larger organized movement to sell off and limit access to America’s public lands....

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Scientists Weigh New Evidence ...

May 10, 2015 by

Scientists Weigh New Evidence on Antarctic Ice Melt

[Translate] By Tim Radford, Climate News Network  via TRUTHDIG The big picture of accelerating ice loss in Antarctica is becoming...

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Why the Koch brothers’ war aga...

May 7, 2015 by

Why the Koch brothers’ war against clean energy is still failing

[Translate] Shutterstock By Bentham Paulos For the past four years, a set of right-wing advocacy groups, largely funded by the Koch...

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Scientists Discover Fracking C...

May 6, 2015 by

Scientists Discover Fracking Chemicals In Pennsylvania Drinking Water

[Translate] by Emily Atkin  CLIMATE PROGRESS Fracking opponents protest before the Tom Corbett inauguration to become the 46th...

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The U.S. Is Getting Serious Ab...

May 5, 2015 by

The U.S. Is Getting Serious About Oil Train Explosions. Here’s How It Plans To Stop Them.

[Translate] by Ari Phillips  CLIMATE PROGRESS A cyclist rides by train tank cars with placards indicating petroleum crude oil...

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The EPA’s Power Plant Rule Wou...

May 5, 2015 by

The EPA’s Power Plant Rule Would Prevent Thousands Of Deaths And Hospitalizations

[Translate] by Katie Valentine  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: shutterstock The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed power plant rule...

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The Tide Has Turned in Battle ...

May 4, 2015 by

The Tide Has Turned in Battle to Keep Fracking Out of Florida

[Translate] Environment Bogus fracking regulation bills were killed as a new anti-fracking movement is born. By Kim Ross / EcoWatch ...

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U.S. Braces for Even Worse Wil...

May 3, 2015 by

U.S. Braces for Even Worse Wildfire Season

[Translate]   By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG Forest fires rage in the mountains above the urban sprawl of...

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Church Of England Divests From...

May 3, 2015 by

Church Of England Divests From Coal And Tar Sands, Citing ‘Moral Responsibility’

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Matt Dunham The official Church of England announced Thursday that...

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Michigan Hit With Its Second-L...

May 3, 2015 by

Michigan Hit With Its Second-Largest Earthquake Ever Recorded

[Translate] by Emily Atkin  CLIMATE PROGRESS The star marks the epicenter of Saturday’s earthquake — the second-biggest in Michigan’s...

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England Set for Big Increase i...

May 2, 2015 by

England Set for Big Increase in Record Warm Years

[Translate] By Alex Kirby, sale Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Sunbathing by Tower Bridge on a hot day in central London....

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Fracking Wells Could Pollute T...

May 2, 2015 by

Fracking Wells Could Pollute The Air Hundreds Of Miles Away

[Translate] by Katie Valentine  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Keith Srakocic Air pollution from hydraulic fracturing operations...

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Global Warming Slowdown Offers...

May 1, 2015 by

Global Warming Slowdown Offers Only Fleeting Relief

[Translate] By Tim Radford, Climate News Network   VIA TRUTHDIG One day’s carbon dioxide emissions as illustrated in the film “CCS: a...

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How a Lawyer from the Jim Crow...

May 1, 2015 by

How a Lawyer from the Jim Crow South Shaped the Fight Against Climate Change

[Translate] Environment In his memoir, Gus Speth talks about his work to end climate change and why it’s time for a new...

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8 Dangerous Side Effects of Fr...

Apr 29, 2015 by

8 Dangerous Side Effects of Fracking That the Industry Doesn’t Want You to Hear About

[Translate] Radon gas, anyone? By Reynard Loki / AlterNet Photo Credit: Bureau of Land Management With the recent confirmation by the...

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Energy Storage Would Play Majo...

Apr 28, 2015 by

Energy Storage Would Play Major Role in a Green Future

[Translate]   By Paul Brown, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG A storage reservoir for a pumped-water hydroelectricity plant on...

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Big Coal’s big scam: scar the ...

Apr 28, 2015 by

Big Coal’s big scam: scar the land for proft, then let others pay to clean up

[Translate] George Monbiot  THE GUARDIAN Keep it in the ground: Energy giants claim they dig new opencast mines to fund the closure...

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Infographic: Climate Science v...

Apr 27, 2015 by

Infographic: Climate Science vs. Fossil Fuel Fiction

[Translate] UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS Fossil fuel companies and their lobbying groups have been deceiving the public for nearly...

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Well Drilling Has Deep Impact ...

Apr 27, 2015 by

Well Drilling Has Deep Impact on Health of Great Plains

[Translate]   By Tim Radford, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     A farmer and his sons struggle through a dust storm in...

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World Bank fudges the fossil f...

Apr 27, 2015 by

World Bank fudges the fossil fuel facts

[Translate] Women carry coal from an open-cast field in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand: ‘Universal energy access for the poor...

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Tomgram: Michael Klare, Is the...

Apr 26, 2015 by

[Translate]   [Note for TomDispatch Readers: Sad news from me.  On Monday, Eduardo Galeano died of cancer.  I was his U.S. book...

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North America’s Oil And Gas In...

Apr 26, 2015 by

North America’s Oil And Gas Industry Has Taken Over 7 Million Acres Of Land Since 2000

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS This June 12, 2014, aerial photo shows four oil wells in various stages of...

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