Virginia’s House of Delegates voted 59-37 on Monday in favor of a bill that would allow fracking companies to keep their chemical cocktails a secret. HB 1678 states that “chemical ingredient names, the chemical abstracts number for a chemical ingredient, or the amount or concentration of chemicals or ingredients used to stimulate a well” are […]
In his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing two weeks ago, Trump’s pick for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson stated that: “The risk of climate change does exist, and the consequences could be serious enough that action should be taken.” While still head of the oil-giant ExxonMobil a few short weeks ago, the same Rex TIllerson told […]
By Brian Palmer 1. A Mission Long Since Accomplished One of Donald Trump’s first acts as president will be to solve problems we don’t have. His America First Energy Plan promises to free us from “burdensome regulations” and end our “dependence on foreign oil.” Doomsday Clock Now Two and a Half Minutes to Midnight, Thanks […]
In a world’s first, the Irish Parliament voted 90 to 53 on Thursday in favor of a groundbreaking bill that would fully divest public money from coal, oil and gas. Fossil Free Europe has hailed it as a “first-of-its-kind fossil fuel divestment legislation.” https://twitter.com/trocaire/status/824622886187134977 The Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill, which was supported by almost all […]
Elon Musk‘s tweets are causing quite a stir this week. The frequent tweeter surprisingly endorsed President Donald Trump’s nomination for Secretary of State and provided some hints about his mysterious tunnel project. First, the sustainable energy advocate raised a lot of eyebrows on Tuesday after tweeting his support of former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as […]
In various interviews on Thursday, former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transition chief Myron Ebell confirmed the Trump team would probably seek significant cuts to the agency’s workforce and budget, but would not provide details of specific policy recommendations he made to the president. Ebell, who told the AP that the federal government has “been […]
By Deirdre Fulton The symbolic Doomsday Clock inched closer to midnight on Thursday and we have President Donald Trump largely to thank for the ominous development. At the National Press Club in Washington, DC on Thursday morning, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board moved the hands of the iconic clock 30 […]
By Sharon Lerner While Donald Trump was reviving both the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines, muzzling federal employees, freezing EPA contracts and first telling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to remove mentions of climate change from its website—and then reversing course—many of the scientists who work on climate change in federal agencies were […]
Two major pipeline spills were reported the same week that President Donald Trump signed orders to move the Keystone XL (KXL) and Dakota Access (DAPL) pipelines forward. The recent breaches highlight the dangers of unreliable fossil fuel infrastructure in North America. OMG! #Trump to Sign 2 Executive Actions to Advance #KeystoneXL & #DakotaAccess Pipelines https://t.co/k4nlcbwWCO […]
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