THINGS ARE COMPLICATED BETWEEN...

Oct 24, 2015 by

THINGS ARE COMPLICATED BETWEEN ARCTIC SEA ICE AND AIR POLLUTION

[Translate] NASA By Suzanne Jacobs GRIST Sea ice and air pollution are in a bit of a love-hate relationship right now. On the one...

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TAR SANDS OIL MINING HAS NOW C...

Oct 4, 2015 by

TAR SANDS OIL MINING HAS NOW COME TO THE U.S.

[Translate] Shutterstock By Bobby Magill   GRIST Cross-posted from Climate Central The Canadian tar sands, or oil sands, are much...

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OBAMA SQUANDERS OPPORTUNITY TO...

Oct 2, 2015 by

OBAMA SQUANDERS OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN UP SMOG AND FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE

[Translate] Reuters / Mike Blake By Ben Adler   GRIST Like liberals who are struggling to accept that Pope Francis met with America’s...

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NO MORE ARCTIC DRILLING ATTEMP...

Sep 28, 2015 by

NO MORE ARCTIC DRILLING ATTEMPTS FOR SHELL

[Translate] by Samantha PageCLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Jim Paulin Shell has announced it will discontinue oil exploration in...

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THE MOST PROFOUNDLY EVIL CRIME...

Sep 27, 2015 by

THE MOST PROFOUNDLY EVIL CRIME COMMITED BY EXXONMOBIL TO DATE

[Translate]   JACQUELINE MARCUS FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT (Photo: JW Randolph)From the time I was a teenager, I’ve wrestled with...

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POPE FRANCIS IS ABOUT TO TELL ...

Sep 22, 2015 by

POPE FRANCIS IS ABOUT TO TELL CONGRESSIONAL REPULICANS SOME THINGS THEY DON’T WANT TO HEAR

[Translate] Giulio Napolitano / Shutterstock By Tim McDonnell   GRIST This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is...

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One Woman’s Courageous S...

Sep 19, 2015 by

One Woman’s Courageous Stand Against Fracking and the World’s Most Powerful Industry

[Translate] For many, fracking is additional evidence humans are radically altering the geology of the planet. By Andrew Nikiforuk /...

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BIG OIL TANKS CALIFORNIA MEASU...

Sep 17, 2015 by

BIG OIL TANKS CALIFORNIA MEASURE TO CUT PETROLEUM USE IN HALF

[Translate] “Oil has won the skirmish. But they’ve lost the bigger battle,” pledges Gov. Jerry Brown. Kate Sheppard...

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RECEDING SNOWPACK HIGHLIGHTS I...

Sep 16, 2015 by

RECEDING SNOWPACK HIGHLIGHTS IMPACT OF CALIFORNIA DROUGHT

[Translate]   By Tim Radford, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     A sparse covering of snow on the Sierra Nevada in...

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THIS MAP SHOWS WHO OWES THE MO...

Sep 14, 2015 by

THIS MAP SHOWS WHO OWES THE MOST FOR BURNING ALL THAT COAL

[Translate] TAKE PART DAILY A new study bills each American $12,000 for greenhouse gas emissions. Jakarta, Indonesia. (Photo: Bay...

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CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS ABANDON K...

Sep 10, 2015 by

CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS ABANDON KEY PART OF CLIMATE LEGISLATION, BLAMING OIL INDUSTRY LOBBYING

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown, flanked by Assembly...

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THIS IS THE YEAR HUMANS FINALL...

Sep 10, 2015 by

THIS IS THE YEAR HUMANS FINALLY GOT SERIOUS ABOUT SAVING THEMSELVES FROM THEMSELVES

[Translate] By Jonathan Chait  NEW YORK MAGAZINE The Sunniest Climate-Change Story You’ve Ever Read This is the year humans finally...

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BI-POLAR DISORDER: OBAMA’...

Sep 5, 2015 by

BI-POLAR DISORDER: OBAMA’S BAIT-AND-SWITCH ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS

[Translate]   by Paul Street  COUNTERPUNCH   We live in strange Orwellian, Islamophobic, and eco-cidal times. A comrade from the...

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IN APPALACHIA, THE COAL INDUST...

Aug 31, 2015 by

IN APPALACHIA, THE COAL INDUSTRY IS IN COLLAPSE, BUT THE MOUNTAINS AREN’T COMING BACK

[Translate] iLoveMountains.org By Laura Gottesdiener GRIST Cross-posted from TomDispatch In Appalachia, explosions have leveled the...

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HOW HOT IS IT GOING TO GET?

Aug 30, 2015 by

HOW HOT IS IT GOING TO GET?

[Translate] by Allen Insight  DAILY KOS attribution: None Specified If we don’t begin phasing out fossil fuels this decade,...

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FIRST U.S. TAR SANDS MINE SET ...

Aug 23, 2015 by

FIRST U.S. TAR SANDS MINE SET TO OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN UTAH

[Translate] By BRADY McCOMBS   AP In this July 13, 2015 photo, Melanie Martin, of the Tar Sands Resistance Movement, looks over...

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RESISTANCE TO ATLANTIC OFFSHOR...

Aug 23, 2015 by

RESISTANCE TO ATLANTIC OFFSHORE DRILLING IS GROWING

[Translate] The rapidly growing grassroots movement of Atlantic coastal communities faces a powerful alliance: pro-drilling governors...

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PICTURING THE END OF FOSSIL FU...

Aug 22, 2015 by

PICTURING THE END OF FOSSIL FUELS

[Translate] Common Dreams “It’s all of us, the little guys, against the immense, concentrated wealth and power of the biggest...

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WHAT’S BEHIND THE SPIKE ...

Aug 21, 2015 by

WHAT’S BEHIND THE SPIKE IN EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY OKLAHOMA HAS SEEN THIS YEAR?

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki Jess Burrow, left, and James Patterson, look over the...

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TONY ABBOTT IS A CLIMATE CHANG...

Aug 18, 2015 by

TONY ABBOTT IS A CLIMATE CHANGE ‘VILLAIN’ SAYS CANADIAN AUTHOR NAOMI KLEIN

[Translate] The writer, who is coming to Australia on a speaking tour, says she cannot tell where the coal industry ends and the...

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CAN SHELL AFFORD THE RISKS OF ...

Aug 15, 2015 by

CAN SHELL AFFORD THE RISKS OF ARCTIC DRILLING?

[Translate] Ice in the Chukchi Sea.    NASA By Karl Mathiesen  GRIST This story was originally published by the Guardian and is...

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WHY AN OIL GLUT MAY LEAD TO A ...

Aug 14, 2015 by

WHY AN OIL GLUT MAY LEAD TO A NEW WORLD OF ENERGY

[Translate]   By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch  VIA TRUTHDIG olle svensson / (CC BY 2.0) This piece first appeared at...

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The True Value of BP’s $18.7 B...

Aug 13, 2015 by

The True Value of BP’s $18.7 Billion Settlement

[Translate] What does the record settlement really mean to one of the world’s wealthiest companies — and the Gulf Coast it is...

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How Dick Cheney Kicked off an ...

Aug 13, 2015 by

How Dick Cheney Kicked off an Era of Cancer Clusters and Eco-Disasters from Fracking

[Translate] Environment THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS! The Energy Policy Act of 2005, which holds the Halliburton Loophole, exempts oil and gas...

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PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER SHELL OIL...

Aug 1, 2015 by

PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER SHELL OIL AS A SYMBOL OF PLANET-DESTROYING GREED

[Translate] On the day the heat index in an Iranian city broke world records, Shell Oil moved forward with its plan to drill in the...

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TELL THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAN...

Aug 1, 2015 by

TELL THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: REFUSE DONATIONS FROM FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES

[Translate] Join the campaign with The Nation and 350 Action. By NationAction Demonstrators opposed to Arctic oil drilling protest a...

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ON GREEN ENERGY, ETHIOPIA LEAV...

Jul 29, 2015 by

ON GREEN ENERGY, ETHIOPIA LEAVES U.S. IN THE DUST

[Translate]   By Juan Cole   TRUTHDIG   President Obama waits to deliver a speech to the African Union on Tuesday in Addis...

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WE MIGHT AVERT CLIMATE CATASTR...

Jul 27, 2015 by

WE MIGHT AVERT CLIMATE CATASTROPHE WITH THIS ONE RADICAL CHOICE

[Translate]   Leaving most of the world’s remaining fossil fuels in the ground could prevent worst-case warming, study says....

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IS THE LOS ANGELES WATER SUPPL...

Jul 25, 2015 by

IS THE LOS ANGELES WATER SUPPLY BEING POISONED?

[Translate] Environment California has investigated more than 2,000 injection wells for possible risks to public safety, clean water...

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PUSHING FOR THE DISMANTLING OF...

Jul 19, 2015 by

[Translate]   By Kathy Kelly, teleSur English | Op-Ed Last weekend, about 100 U.S. Veterans for Peace gathered in Red Wing,...

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