President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday ordering a review of the Antiquities Act and national monuments on more than 100,000 acres. The review enables the Department of Interior to examine whether any of the monument designations have led to a “loss of jobs, reduced wages and reduced public access.” “The Antiquities Act does not […]
By Amanda Maxwell and Anthony Swift President Trump has made renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) one of the main goals for his administration and has recently revealed the general plan to do so. As this process moves forward, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Sierra Club and our partners across a broad […]
Maryland is on track to become the third state to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for oil and natural gas, after the Senate voted 35-10 on Monday for a measure already approved by the House. The bill is now headed to Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who is in favor of a statewide fracking ban. Hogan, […]
By Fossil Free Penn At 9 a.m. today, 33 students at the University of Pennsylvania entered College Hall, sleeping bags in tow, to sit in with two demands. These demands were: 1. The immediate divestment of the University’s endowment from all companies involved with the extraction of coal and tar sands. 2. The establishment and […]
Scott Pruitt, the new head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), does not think that carbon dioxide is a “primary contributor” to climate change—even though the actual science says it is. Global annual average temperature measured over land and oceans. Red bars indicate temperatures above and blue bars indicate temperatures below the 1901-2000 average […]
By Jamie Henn It’s not yet halfway through Trump’s first 100 days in office and his administration has already shown they’ll go to any length to dismantle the laws and regulations that protect our air, water and climate. Trump’s team has already started to dismantle some of the nation’s most important environmental laws, from the […]
By Nadia Prupis On his first full day in office Thursday, newly-confirmed Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke rode a horse to work and proceeded to repeal a rule that protected plants and animals from lead poisoning. The former Montana congressman’s order overturned a policy put into place by former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director […]
By Nadia Prupis Oil giant Shell also knew of the dangers of climate change decades ago, while it continued to lobby against climate legislation and push for fossil fuel development, a joint investigation by The Guardian and the Dutch newspaper The Correspondent revealed Tuesday. Shell created a confidential report in 1986 which found that the […]
By Daisy Simmons When climate denial and “alternative facts” pervade the body politic, it’s time to zoom in on the science. Climate change is real and its effects are already visible—even more so when you can see them play out on the big screen. The 15th Wild and Scenic Film Festival, in Nevada City in […]
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