TeleSur | – – The decision comes as a blow to environmentalists and Indigenous groups opposing the controversial projects. U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday to revive the controversial Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines. Trump’s signature has left Indigenous groups and environmentalists fuming but determined to carry on their struggle against the […]
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Climate Change
Climate Activists fear Tillerson, Call him Out for Lying About Warming During Hearing
By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – ‘Listening to his hearing, it would be easier to conclude Tillerson is under criminal investigation than under consideration for secretary of state’ Joined by 15 T-Rex dinosaurs, more than 200 people demonstrated mass public opposition to the appointment of former ExxonMobil CEO Rex […]
Can Anti-Fracking Movement mount resistance to Trump?
By Emilio Godoy | (Inter Press Service) | – – LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, USA , Jan 4 2017 (IPS) – Earl Hatley, a descendant of the Cherokee/Delaware tribe, has witnessed the consequences of using hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” on his native land to produce shale gas. “Fracking is harmful to water supplies, wildlife, and property […]
How Human Carbon emissions created Arctic’s balmy Frankenweather
Andrew King | (The Conversation) | – – For the Arctic, like the globe as a whole, 2016 has been exceptionally warm. For much of the year, Arctic temperatures have been much higher than normal, and sea ice concentrations have been at record low levels. The Arctic’s seasonal cycle means that the lowest sea ice […]
EPA: Climate Impacts in the Northeast
Mirrored from The EPA Overview The Northeast is home to historic cities and large rural areas that serve as important natural habitats and agricultural lands. Climate varies widely across the region and tends to be coldest in the north, at high elevations, and away from the coast. The Northeastern climate is experiencing noticeable changes that […]
Can Trump destroy the Environmental Protection Agency & the Environment . . . using the EPA?
By Robert Percival | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump’s election has jolted environmentalists and voters who care about conservation. Trump has called for abolishing or greatly shrinking the Environmental Protection Agency; declared climate change a Chinese hoax; and promised to “cancel” the Paris climate agreement. Though Trump appears to have backed off his […]
Sorry, Trump, you can’t bring back Coal when Solar costs half as Much
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Bloomberg released a new report this week with some startling findings about solar energy. To wit: * Solar energy can now be generated for about half the cost of coal. Coal had been the cheapest energy source, but it has now been overtaken by solar. That […]
Low-Carbon ‘Eat Local’ Movement taking Spain by Storm
By Oscar Tomasi Pancorbo | EFEAgro | Euractiv Concepts like “100% local” and “zero kilometer” products are now on an upward trend in Spain and are forcing the food industry to rethink how it does business. EurActiv’s partner EFEAgro reports. Beyond the usual advertising messages, sector and consumer association representatives admit it is not easy […]
Trump’s plan to drown World in Oil is a Planetary Nightmare
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Scroll through Donald Trump’s campaign promises or listen to his speeches and you could easily conclude that his energy policy consists of little more than a wish list drawn up by the major fossil fuel companies: lift environmental restrictions on oil and natural gas […]
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