The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is readying a new “priority list” for the agency with a heavy focus on fossil fuel development on public lands, new documents leaked to E&E News reveal. The documents, including a “BLM Priority Work” list accompanying talking points memo, were drafted by BLM administrators and have been reviewed by […]
Scott Pruitt—Donald Trump‘s controversial pick to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—is under fire for his supposed ties to a nonprofit controlled by billionaire oil tycoons, Charles and David Koch. Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump’s nominee to head the EPA, has been known to parrot oil and gas industry talking points.Flickr POLITICO has received a […]
Renewable energy has reached an important milestone. The World Economic Forum (WEF) has determined that in many parts of the world, solar energy is now the same price or even cheaper than fossil fuels for the first time. In a handbook released this month, the WEF observed how the price of renewable technologies, particularly solar, […]
The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is only one battle in a larger war. Following news of the Army Corps’ decision to halt the pipeline’s construction, Reuters reported that President-elect Donald Trump‘s advisors are seeking to privatize Native American reservations, which sit on an estimated 20 percent of the nation’s oil and gas, along with large […]
Political upheaval has major influence over the stock markets, and with climate-change-denying Donald Trump’s “disaster” of an election win, renewable energy investment is looking bleak at the moment as dirty energy surges. Really?! What is happening?! Leo needs to have a word #TrumpDigsCoal #ClimateChange #BeforeTheFlood #USElection2016 pic.twitter.com/tbqAbpIRn3 — Stacey Goater (@StaceyGoater) November 9, 2016 The […]
Methane emissions from the global fossil fuel industry are up to 60 percent greater than existing estimates, according to a new comprehensive analysis of global methane emissions. Map showing global methane concentrations in January 2016 at a pressure of 400 hectopascals, or roughly 6km above the surface. Concentrations are higher in the northern hemisphere because […]
By Nadia Prupis The playbook on sowing public skepticism about health and climate issues originated not with Big Tobacco—as long believed—but with Big Oil, a new investigation reveals. Documents published Wednesday by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) show that the tobacco and fossil fuel industries used the same public relations firms, the same […]
As coastal erosion and sea level rise eats away the Solomon Islands due to climate change, the Pacific island nations are considering the world’s first international treaty that would ban or phase out fossil fuels and set goals for renewables. PIDF Leaders declare 2017 Pacific Year for the Ocean #pidfsummit. pic.twitter.com/zF7OIiYqhm — Mark Borg (@markborgfiji) […]
Salt Lake City announced Wednesday its commitment to transition to 100 percent renewable energy sources by 2032. The city also plans to reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2040. Mayor Jackie Biskupski and city council members signed a joint resolution Tuesday creating the Climate Positive 2040 commitment. The resolution acknowledges the scientific consensus that […]
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