LEADING CLIMATE SCIENTISTS: &#...

Mar 22, 2016 by

LEADING CLIMATE SCIENTISTS: ‘WE HAVE A GLOBAL EMERGENCY.’ MUST SLASH CO2 ASAP

[Translate] by Joe Romm CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP/DENNIS COOK   James Hansen and 18 leading climate experts have published a...

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PEABODY ENERGY, WORLD’S ...

Mar 17, 2016 by

PEABODY ENERGY, WORLD’S LARGEST PRIVATE COALMINER, MAY FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY

[Translate] THE GUARDIAN Company says there’s ‘substantial doubt’ it will go on after delaying $70m payment amid slowing global...

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ADMINISTRATION CANCELS ATLANTI...

Mar 17, 2016 by

ADMINISTRATION CANCELS ATLANTIC DRILLING PLANS (UPDATED)

[Translate] by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Dave Martin In a in this Friday, May 9, 2003 file photo, angler Andy...

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MIDDLE EAST SUMMERS COULD BECO...

Mar 14, 2016 by

MIDDLE EAST SUMMERS COULD BECOME UNLIVABLE BY THE END OF THE CENTURY

[Translate]   The “father of global warming” has a dire warning for people living in hot, tropical locales....

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ENERGY WARS OF ATTRITION: THE ...

Mar 11, 2016 by

ENERGY WARS OF ATTRITION: THE IRONY OF OIL ABUNDANCE

[Translate] By Michael T. Klare / TomDispatch  VIA TRUTHDIG Andrew / CC-BY-2.0 This piece first appeared at TomDispatch. Read Tom...

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WOULD SAVING A LIVABLE CLIMATE...

Mar 11, 2016 by

[Translate]  by Joe Romm  CLIMATE  PROGRESS CREDIT: Bruce Crummy, AP BNSF oil train derailment in 2013.   Billionaire Warren Buffett...

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IOWA JUST APPROVED AN OIL PIPE...

Mar 11, 2016 by

IOWA JUST APPROVED AN OIL PIPELINE THAT WILL CUT THROUGH FOUR STATES

[Translate] by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Nati Harnik Pipes for the proposed Dakota Access oil...

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MEET THE SCIENTISTS CONNECTING...

Mar 7, 2016 by

MEET THE SCIENTISTS CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN AIR POLLUTION AND DIMENTIA

[Translate] Aaron Reuben Climate on the Mind Climate on the Mind: A Series By Clayton Aldern  GRIST At first blush, you might not...

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A CALL FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO...

Mar 7, 2016 by

A CALL FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO HELP SHAPE THEIR STATES’ CLEAN POWER PLANS

[Translate] NYTDOT ByAndrew C. Revkin Photo A coal-fired power plant in Winfield, W.Va. The E.P.A.’s Clean Power Plan, which aims to...

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ON FRACKING, CLINTON AND SANDE...

Mar 7, 2016 by

ON FRACKING, CLINTON AND SANDERS GIVE VASTLY DIFFERENT ANSWERS

[Translate] by Emily AtkinCLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie...

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Methane Discovered in Drinking...

Mar 7, 2016 by

[Translate] Environment A Stanford researcher found the highest risk of leaks was from shallow natural gas wells drilled in...

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Hold Your Breath — Nearly 200 ...

Mar 1, 2016 by

Hold Your Breath — Nearly 200 Infrared Videos Expose Methane Pollution All Across the United States (VIDEO)

[Translate] It’s not just Aliso Canyon — fugitive, toxic methane gas escaping into the air is a much more widespread problem...

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Exxon is Flooding the World wi...

Feb 22, 2016 by

Exxon is Flooding the World with Fossil Fuels that Could Destroy Life As We Know It

[Translate] Environment Exxon’s never-ending big dig. By Bill McKibben / Tom Dispatch Photo Credit: Kamonrat/Shutterstock.com Here’s...

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PERUVIAN OIL SPILL PROMPTS WAT...

Feb 19, 2016 by

PERUVIAN OIL SPILL PROMPTS WATER EMERGENCY FOR THOUSANDS

[Translate] by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock   Thousands of residents in the northern Peruvian...

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How the Koch Brothers’ &...

Jan 13, 2016 by

How the Koch Brothers’ ‘Bankers’ Snuck an Anti-Wind Op-Ed Past the New York Times

[Translate] Environment Since 1997, the Kochs have given more than $79 million to groups that distort climate science and malign...

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ONE OF THE LARGEST COAL COMPAN...

Jan 12, 2016 by

ONE OF THE LARGEST COAL COMPANIES IN THE U.S. JUST FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY

[Translate] Climate by Natasha Geiling CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File Black Thunder Mine, in Wyoming, is owned...

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WARMING FUELS RISE IN METHANE ...

Jan 7, 2016 by

WARMING FUELS RISE IN METHANE THREAT

[Translate]   By Alex Kirby / Climate News Network     Post-glacial lakes such as these in Stordalen, northern Sweden, are...

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3 New Years Resolutions That W...

Jan 1, 2016 by

3 New Years Resolutions That Will End the World’s Dependency on Fossil Fuels

[Translate] Environment The more renewable energy we use, the cheaper it gets. Fossil fuels get more expensive the more we burn them....

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HISTORIC CLIMATE DEAL REACHED ...

Dec 19, 2015 by

HISTORIC CLIMATE DEAL REACHED IN PARIS

[Translate] THE DIRT   by Jared Green After two weeks of intense negotiations at a UN summit in Paris, leaders of 195 countries...

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CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS DELI...

Dec 19, 2015 by

CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS DELIVER EARLY CHRISTMAS GIFT TO BIG OIL, EXXON AND KOCH BROTHERS

[Translate] Michael Brune |ECO WATCH Don’t miss out. Stay Informed. Get EcoWatch’s Top News of the Day. Today the U.S. Congress...

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Why You Might Not Want to Be P...

Dec 18, 2015 by

Why You Might Not Want to Be Pregnant in Pennsylvania

[Translate] Environment Or anywhere else where fracking is prevalent. By Reynard Loki / AlterNet Photo Credit:...

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FRACKING EXPANDS IN LATIN AMER...

Dec 15, 2015 by

FRACKING EXPANDS IN LATIN AMERICA, THREATENING TO CONTAMINATE WORLD’S THIRD-LARGEST AQUIFIER

[Translate] Fracking Spanning an area that includes southern Brazil and part of Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay, the Guaraní Aquifer...

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OIL GROUPS PAID $10 MILLION, A...

Dec 14, 2015 by

OIL GROUPS PAID $10 MILLION, AND ALL THEY GOT WAS A 20-YEAR PASS TO FRACK THIS COUNTRY

[Translate] by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Tracie Cone In this Dec. 18, 2012 photo, one of the region’s...

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RENEWABLE ENERGY AFTER COP21: ...

Dec 14, 2015 by

RENEWABLE ENERGY AFTER COP21: NINE ISSUES FOR CLIMATE LEADERS TO THINK ABOUT ON THE JOURNEY HOME

[Translate] Richard Heinberg  POST CARBON INSTITUTE Download as PDF COP21 in Paris is over. Now it’s back to the hard work of...

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THE HOPEFUL NEWS ABOUT C02 EMI...

Dec 9, 2015 by

THE HOPEFUL NEWS ABOUT C02 EMISSIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

[Translate] Shutterstock By Phil Plait   GRIST This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of...

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DOES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACTUA...

Dec 7, 2015 by

DOES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY REGULATE PIPELINES?

[Translate]   By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | Report The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has a reputation of effectively...

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VIDEO: James Hansen: United Na...

Dec 6, 2015 by

[Translate] DEMOCRACY NOW   VIA TRUTHDIG   James Hansen, one of the world’s leading atmospheric scientists, has warned the...

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THE GLOBAL ECONOMY IS A PONZI ...

Nov 27, 2015 by

THE GLOBAL ECONOMY IS A PONZI SCHEME: BLACK FRIDAY, THE POPE AND THE PARIS CLIMATE TALKS

[Translate] by Joe Romm THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP   Black Friday has become an orgiastic celebration of unbridled consumerism. Last...

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HOW WILL WE REACH AN ECOLOGICA...

Nov 1, 2015 by

HOW WILL WE REACH AN ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION AND WHO WILL BUILD IT

[Translate]   By Chris Williams, Truthout | Op-Ed (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) We are now officially living amid the sixth...

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EXCLUSIVE: Elevated CO2 Levels...

Oct 28, 2015 by

EXCLUSIVE: Elevated CO2 Levels Directly Affect Human Cognition, New Harvard Study Shows

[Translate] by Joe Romm CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Climate Interactive   In a landmark public health finding, a new study from the...

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