DNC reverses pledge to end fossil fuel subsidies
The Democratic presidential and vice-presidential candidates were barely announced before the DNC removed campaign...
EPA loosens restrictions on methane emissions
As President Trump’s term comes to an end, his administration has busily rolled back Obama-era environmental...
BP to reduce oil, gas production by 40% to focus on clean energy
London-based energy company BP has announced plans to reduce its oil and gas production by 40% and invest $5 billion...
International Women’s Day Spotlight: Meet the 8 women leading the charge for a better world
International Women’s Day is just one of the 365 days per year that it is important to recognize and celebrate...
Rwanda hopes to increase energy efficiency with new cooling initiative
Rwanda has big plans for a more sustainable future and is launching a new cooling initiative that will increase...
Bureau of Land Management moves forward with the sale of sacred land
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is moving forward with the sale of land in the vicinity of New Mexico's Chaco...
Australia will not reach its carbon reduction targets by 2030, claims new study
An international group called the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released a damaging...
Renewable electricity could overtake fossil fuels in Britain by next year
A new report from British power analysts EnAppSys is predicting renewable electricity will overtake fossil fuels...
Pipeline explosion in Mexico kills 91 and counting
Last week, a gasoline pipeline exploded in central Mexico, killing 91 people, with numbers expected to surpass...
NET Power’s zero-emissions natural gas plant could change the game
Last week, NET Power officially began operations at its 50-megawatt, emissions-free natural gas power plant in...
Companies push to start oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Following Congress's move to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil and gas production, a long-sought...
Trump Administration proposes to sell protected land in Arizona for fracking
The Trump Administration has announced a proposal to sell 4,200 acres of public, protected land in northern Arizona...
States across the country are trying to make it illegal to plan a pipeline protest
A new wave of bills being introduced in states such as Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota aim to criminalize...
Patagonia strikes back at Trump over public lands policies
Outdoor clothing company Patagonia is calling out President Trump and his administration as liars regarding the...
The public health impact of Hurricane Harvey is worse than we’ve been told
More than six months since Hurricane Harvey decimated much of Central America and the American Gulf Coast, the...
Trump to open the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic to oil drilling
The Trump Administration announced on Thursday that it will open nearly all United States coastal waters to oil...
France completely bans fracking and oil extraction
The French Parliament recently passed into law a complete ban on the extraction of oil and gas within any of France's...
Scientists just discovered snow on Mars
Forget everything you think you know about Mars. In a study published in Nature Geoscience, scientists confirm...
Trump plans to sell 73 million acres of federal waters to oil and gas industry
Already Donald Trump's administration is following through on his so-called America First Energy Plan, which really...
Petroleum giant abandons tar sands in favor of wind power
In a startling move, Norwegian state-owned oil and gas company Statoil recently pulled all its investments out...
Copenhagen city council approves plan to divest from fossil fuels
Denmark's capital city of Copenhagen just officially divested all fossil fuel holdings in the city's 6.9 billion...
Humans have caused so many earthquakes that scientists had to update their maps
Those at the United States Geological Survey has noticed such a spike in manmade earthquakes that they had to change...
Canadian officials confirm largest earthquake caused by fracking
When a 4.6 magnitude earthquake struck British Columbia on 17 August, 2015, many were suspicious the event had...
UN committee announces support for fossil fuel divestment movement
The arm of the United Nations that deals with climate change negotiations announced recently announced its support...
The Keystone XL battle should be about food security and climate change, not economics
As we await President Obama's veto of the Keystone XL pipeline, expected later today, news outlets far and wide...
Abandoned oil and gas wells are leaking methane across the USA
After the State of the Union Address and the touting of the abundance of our natural resources, you'd probably...
West Virginia gas pipeline explodes in a giant fireball
On January 26, a gas pipeline exploded in Brooke County, West Virginia, sending an enormous fireball into the morning...
Polish farmers blockaded Chevron frackers for 400 days and stopped drilling in their region
In July, Chevron abandoned its plans to drill for gas in Zurawlow, Poland, after farmers and families from Zurawlow...
New York’s fracking ban is the cue for eco-activists to mobilize
The ban on fracking in New York State is a great catalyst to inspire grassroots environmental groups to come together....
The Everglades were fracked and you didn’t even hear about it
Earlier in 2014, Texas-based Dan A. Hughes Co. wasfined $25,000 for acid fracking near the everglades. Though the...