Environmentalists who oppose Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke‘s plans to shrink our national monuments might have an unlikely but politically powerful ally on their side—hunters. Many hunters, anglers and other sportsmen are speaking out against the former Montana congressman over his controversial recommendation to adjust the boundaries of a “handful” of the 27 national monuments under […]
Environmental activists have created a worldwide reforestation project called “Trump Forest” to help offset the potential environmental destruction caused by President Trump’s anti-climate agenda. “We wanted something tangible that people could do that would actually have a physical impact on what the U.S. government is doing,” Dr. Daniel Price, a climate scientist and glaciologist and […]
By Sharon Kelly The Pennsylvania’s Environmental Hearing Board ordered Sunoco Pipeline LP Tuesday to temporarily halt some types of work on a $2.5 billion pipeline project designed to carry 275,000 barrels a day of butane, propane and other liquid fossil fuels from Ohio and West Virginia, across Pennsylvania, to the Atlantic coast. On July 19, […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders talks to former Vice President Al Gore on The Bernie Sanders Show about climate change and his latest film, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. Watch here: [facebook https://facebook.com/senatorsanders/videos/10156155074187908/ expand=1]
By Tim Radford One of the world’s most famous climate scientists has just calculated the financial burden that tomorrow’s young citizens will face to keep the globe at a habitable temperature and contain global warming and climate change—a $535 trillion bill. And much of that will go on expensive technologies engineered to suck 1,000 billion […]
Volvo Cars announced Wednesday that every car it launches from 2019 will have an electric motor, marking a “historic end” to the internal combustion engine. This makes Volvo the first traditional carmaker to fully embrace electrification. “This is a clear commitment towards reducing our carbon footprint as well as contributing to better air quality in […]
Watch as Dr. Jane Goodall shares her hopes and vision for a healthier, greener world. The video was created by USAID Tanzania in support of the Jane Goodall Institute. “You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to […]
Watch as Stephen Colbert on The Late Show mocks President Trump’s call to the mayor of Tangier, Virginia concerning the rapid coastline loss of the island, roughly 15 feet per year. According to local outlet Delmarva Now, Trump placed the call to Tangier Mayor James “Ooker” Eskridge after seeing a CNN report on the impact […]
Sea Shepherd’s research vessel the R/V Martin Sheen returned to Mexico’s Guadalupe Island to continue its study of Cuvier’s beaked whales, capturing never before seen drone footage of these rare and elusive cetaceans. During the two-week expedition, Mexican lead-scientist Gustavo Cardenas and American collaborator Jenny Trickey, deployed various acoustic devices to compare their effectiveness. The […]