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Climate Defenders Mobilizing for 3rd People’s Climate March

Climate Defenders Mobilizing for 3rd People’s Climate March

By Alison Cagle Call it the “People’s Climate March, Part III.” On Saturday, Sept. 8, thousands of people are expected to converge on the streets of San Francisco to demand that government leaders commit to ending all new fossil fuel projects and accelerating the move toward renewable energy. The march is part of a global […]

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    Trump State Dept. Attempts ‘Shortcut’ to Build KXL Pipeline, Groups Say

    Trump State Dept. Attempts ‘Shortcut’ to Build KXL Pipeline, Groups Say

    Environmentalists spoke out against President Donald Trump‘s State Department after it found “no significant environmental impacts” in its review of TransCanada’s long-gestating Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline. The alternative route approved by Nebraska regulators in November would have “minor to moderate” impacts from its construction and operation, according to the 300-page draft report released Monday. It […]

    Antibiotic-Resistant Genes Are Airborne, Exposing Millions

    Antibiotic-Resistant Genes Are Airborne, Exposing Millions

    By Jonathan Hahn In 1991, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District launched a Spare the Air program to keep residents in the San Francisco Bay Area informed of high ozone-level days, when air is smoggy and exposure to poor air quality poses health risks. Now, the air district might need to update its alert […]

    Green Groups Sue EPA to Reverse Pruitt’s Last Act

    Green Groups Sue EPA to Reverse Pruitt’s Last Act

    Environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday in an attempt to block Scott Pruitt‘s last act as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), an act they say his replacement Andrew Wheeler declined to undo despite requests. On July 6, the EPA wrote two memos saying the makers of super-polluting “glider trucks,” new truck bodies using […]

    300+ Mammal Species Could Still Be Discovered, Scientists Say

    300+ Mammal Species Could Still Be Discovered, Scientists Say

    By Sara Novak You can’t protect an animal that you don’t know exists. Tapanuli orangutans, for example, are found only in the Tapanuli region of Sumatra; they were only identified as a species last year, when scientists found them to be genetically different from other Bornean and Sumatran orangutans. With just 800 left, this newly […]

    What Can Dockless Bikes Tell Us About Cities?

    What Can Dockless Bikes Tell Us About Cities?

    By Enrique Gili This past spring, clusters of brightly colored dockless shared bikes (DSBs) began to proliferate on San Diego’s city sidewalks like tulips after a spring rain. They were put there by companies—such as Lime, Ofo and Mobike—seeking to disrupt the status quo of California’s omnipresent car culture. As a result, thousands of DSBs […]

    GOP Senator Seeks Major Overhaul of Endangered Species Act

    GOP Senator Seeks Major Overhaul of Endangered Species Act

    Sen. John Barrasso, Republican of Wyoming, released draft legislation Monday to significantly overhaul the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Under Barrasso’s proposal, individual states would be given key authority over the federal program to conserve threatened and endangered species. “When it comes to the Endangered Species Act, the status quo is not good enough,” the Environment […]

    A Coder and a YouTuber Provide DIY Power for Puerto Rico

    A Coder and a YouTuber Provide DIY Power for Puerto Rico

    By Tom Cassauwers Before the hurricane came, I was a software engineer. I’d graduated with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design and animation, but here in Puerto Rico there weren’t many jobs in that field, so I taught myself how to code. When I began, I didn’t even know how to make “hello world” appear. […]

    TransCanada, Whose Pipeline Just Exploded, Wants Feds’ Help to Beat Green Groups

    TransCanada, Whose Pipeline Just Exploded, Wants Feds’ Help to Beat Green Groups

    Facing mounting protests and lawsuits from environmental groups and property owners, backers of the natural gas pipeline industry are seeking help from the U.S. government to help push their projects through, Reuters reported. “It’s definitely not getting easier to build a new pipeline,” Stanley Chapman, executive vice president and president of U.S. natural gas pipelines […]