By Jeff Turrentine Well, he told us he would do it. And now he’s actually doing it — or at least trying to. Late last week, President Trump, via the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management, announced that he was formalizing his plan to develop lands that once belonged within the Bears […]
Efforts to contain the Wuhan coronavirus and fears that it can spread and form a global pandemic have slowed industries around the world. Shipping is delayed, cars and electronics are stalled on the assembly line, and commodity markets around the world are predicting losses because of the virus. Fears around the virus even have Olympic […]
Sea level rise in most of the U.S. is speeding up. That’s the conclusion of William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) latest annual sea level “report card” that measures tide gauges at 32 locations along the U.S. coast. At 25 of the 32 sites, sea level rise accelerated at higher rates in […]
By Sharon Kelly Back in April last year, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency decided it was “not necessary” to update the rules for toxic waste from oil and gas wells. Torrents of wastewater flow daily from the nation’s 1.5 million active oil and gas wells and the agency’s own research has warned it may […]
The world is using up more and more resources and global recycling is falling. That’s the grim takeaway from a new report by the Circle Economy think tank, which found that the world used up more than 110 billion tons, or 100.6 billion metric tons, of natural resources, as Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. The Dutch […]
Internal documents from the Department of Homeland Security reveal that non-violent demonstrators targeting the oil industry were classified as “extremists,” with some organization members listed alongside known white supremacists, as The Guardian reported. Five members of Climate Direct Action — Michael Foster, Ken Ward, Emily Johnston, Annette Klapstein, and Leonard Higgins — have been dubbed […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom imposed new restrictions on oil exploration in his state yesterday by putting a moratorium on hundreds hydraulic fracturing permits until the projects are reviewed by independent scientists, as the AP reported. His mandate also banned new wells from being drilled using a new method that employs a high-pressure cyclic steaming process. […]
It seems the reality of the climate crisis is too much for the Federal Reserve to ignore anymore. For the first time, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, one of its 12 branches, held the system’s first climate-related economic conference last week. By hosting “The Economics of Climate Change” conference the Federal Reserve signaled […]
Federal investigators found that big oil companies have taken advantage of a government loophole that gave energy companies a break on paying royalties when drilling in deep water. The loophole has allowed some of the world’s largest energy firms to pocket an extra $18 billion, as Bloomberg reported. The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) detailed accounting […]
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