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Massive Antarctic Ice Shelf Days From Breaking Off

Massive Antarctic Ice Shelf Days From Breaking Off

By Andy Rowell Any day now we will truly witness climate change in action. Within days at worst, maybe weeks at best, scientists predict that a huge section of the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica will break off into the ocean, in what is called a major “calving” event. The size of the U.S. […]

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    ‘Fossil Fuels Have Lost.’ The Problem Is Trump Doesn’t Know It Yet.

    ‘Fossil Fuels Have Lost.’ The Problem Is Trump Doesn’t Know It Yet.

    By Andy Rowell “Fossil fuels have lost,” argued Eddie O’Connor, chief executive of Ireland’s Mainstream Renewable Power company, before adding, “The rest of the world just doesn’t know it yet.” O’Connor was speaking to the influential business newspaper the Financial Times, in a must-read 4,000 word article about the rapid energy transition that is taking […]

    118 Groups Demand FERC Halt Construction of Rover Pipeline

    118 Groups Demand FERC Halt Construction of Rover Pipeline

    Community activists and organizations sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Wednesday, signed by 118 groups, demanding the agency halt all construction of the Rover gas pipeline and embark upon an extensive review of its approval policies. The letter, signed by groups along the Rover pipeline route in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio […]

    PennEast Pipeline ‘Would Cause Massive Increase in Climate Pollution’

    PennEast Pipeline ‘Would Cause Massive Increase in Climate Pollution’

    A study released Wednesday found that, if built, the controversial PennEast Pipeline for fracked gas could contribute as much greenhouse gas pollution as 14 coal-fired power plants or 10 million passenger vehicles—some 49 million metric tons per year. The analysis, conducted by Oil Change International, showed that federal regulators are poised to rubber-stamp the PennEast […]

    Historic Day in Britain: First Coal-Free Day Since 1882

    Historic Day in Britain: First Coal-Free Day Since 1882

    By Andy Rowell April 21, 2017, will go down as a significant day in the dying days of the fossil fuel era. For the first time since the renewable revolution in 1882, Britain went a full day without using dirty coal to generate electricity. The UK’s energy provider, the National Grid, called it a “watershed” […]

    Going, Going, Gone

    Going, Going, Gone

    By Andy Rowell President Trump opens his eyes, but he does not see. Trump listens, but he does not hear. He speaks, but he makes no sense. How can the most powerful man be so completely ignorant about climate change? How can it be that as the evidence about climate change gets stronger, politicians like […]

    Putin Now Denies Humans Cause Climate Change

    Putin Now Denies Humans Cause Climate Change

    By Andy Rowell These are dangerous days for the climate. Not only do we have a climate denier in the White House, we have one in the Kremlin, too. At the end of last week, while visiting the Arctic, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that global warming was not caused by humans: “The warming, it […]

    What the IEA Got Wrong on Its Energy Outlook

    What the IEA Got Wrong on Its Energy Outlook

    By Greg Muttitt We welcomed last week the first step by the International Energy Agency (IEA) towards describing how energy would look for the world to meet one of the Paris Agreement goals, to keep warming well below 2°C. Specifically, it looked at emissions being limited enough to give a two-in-three chance of staying below […]

    3 Reasons Why Keystone XL Pipeline May Never Get Built

    3 Reasons Why Keystone XL Pipeline May Never Get Built

    By James Wilt Almost a full decade since first applying for a presidential permit, TransCanada looks set to finally receive go-ahead in the U.S. for its massive $8-billion Keystone XL pipeline. But here’s the thing: U.S. approval, while a great leap forward for TransCanada, doesn’t guarantee the Keystone XL pipeline will ever be built. New […]