ExxonMobil filed a lawsuit against Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey in an effort to block a subpoena that would require the oil and gas giant to hand over 40 years of internal communications relating to whether the company misrepresented its knowledge of climate change to investors. The 33-page injunction was filed in federal district court in […]
I spent the last year working with co-author David Fridley and Post Carbon Institute staff on a just-published book, Our Renewable Future. The process was a pleasure: everyone involved (including the twenty or so experts we interviewed or consulted) was delightful to work with and I personally learned an enormous amount along the way. But […]
After one-and-a-half years of citizen-led campaigning, Fossil Free Stockholm declare victory today as the Swedish capital joins cities around the world in withdrawing their funds from coal, oil and gas companies. The amendment of the city’s investment policy has led to the withdrawal of approximately 30 million SEK from fossil fuel companies. “Stockholm’s decision to […]
The Wall Street Journal’s opinion page is perhaps the most influential outlet for climate denial and rarely gives its readers accurate information about how fossil fuels cause global warming. The WSJ has written 201 editorials on climate change since 1997. Exactly zero acknowledge the cause. A new ad campaign from The Partnership for Responsible Growth seeks to fix […]
The 27-inch tall solar-powered Green Cone will revolutionize how you deal with food waste in your house. The Green Cone composter/digester by Compostec is made of 100 percent recycled plastic and has just three simple parts: a basket that can be buried underground; a black cone-shaped top; and a green cone-shaped top that fits over […]
A team of bird-watchers stumbled upon a bird that hasn’t been seen in eastern Nepal for almost 200 years. The red-faced liocichla (Liocichla phoenicea) hasn’t been spotted for 178 years and was thought to be locally extinct, according to Australian Geographic. A group of ornithologists spotted the bird on a 10-day bird watching tour. Photo […]
In the early 1990s, Germany launched Energiewende or “energy revolution,” a program “to combat climate change, avoid nuclear risks, improve energy security and guarantee competitiveness and growth.” Renewable energy grew from 4 percent in 1990 to more than 27 percent in 2014, including a significant increase in citizen-owned power projects, according to energy think tank […]
Ocean plastic pollution is an increasingly devastating crisis, and this new infographic shows exactly where the plastic trash is coming from, where it ends up and why it’s important to start our fight against this environmental scourge at the beach. The graph, provided by UK-based Eunomia Research & Consulting, shows that more than 80 percent […]
Two leading national environmental groups—Clean Air Task Force (CATF) and Earthworks—unveiled a suite of tools Wednesday designed to inform and mobilize Americans about the health risks from toxic air pollution from the oil and gas industry. For the first time, Americans across the country—from Washington County, Pennsylvania, to Weld County, Colorado to Kern County, California—can […]
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