Republicans in Congress Seek to Crush the Environmental Protection Agency
A week after their electoral victories in the 2014 midterms, Senate Republicans have already set their sights on one of their all-time favorite targets: the Environmental Protectionย Agency. Republican Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who will become the Senate majority leader when the 2015 Congress convenes, announced last week that one of his main goals was […]
Shell Accused of โHijackingโ Clean-up Process in Niger Delta
This is a guest post by Andy Rowell, cross-posted with the permission of Oil Change International. Today is the nineteenth anniversary of the muder of the writer Ken Saro-Wiwa by the Nigerian junta for his campaign against the oil giant Shell. Saro-Wiwa was the leader of a campaign by the Ogoni against Shellโs chronic pollution […]
Canada Urged to Prepare for 'Climate Migrants' in Warming World: New Report
In a sign of things to come, a report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says Ottawa should create a new โclimate migrantsโ immigration class to prepare for the inflow of people fleeing extreme climateย change. โEstimates of the number of climate-influenced migrants range widely, but most projections agree that in the coming years climate […]
Cause of Melting Antarctic Ice Caps Revealed by Robots
Scientists hope to refine ocean and climate models using new data collected by underwater robots deployed under Antarctic ice caps by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the California Institute ofย Technology. Researchers travelled to the Southern Ocean off Antarctica โ one of the most remote and inaccessible oceans in the world โ to investigate […]
Clean Energy as an Economic Catalyst for Divestment
This is a guest post by Stacy Clarkย that originally appeared in The Citizen.ย Reading Harvard Crimson Staff Writer Matthew Q. Claridaโs headline in September, โSchool of Public Health Renamed with $350 Million Gift, Largest in Harvard Historyโ immediately caught my attention. It wasnโt the remarkable size of the gift as much as it was the […]
DeSmogCAST Episode 2: Midterm Elections Fallout, #KMFACE and the Fossil Fuel Industry in Kids' Classrooms
This weekโs episode of DeSmogCAST covers the fallout of the U.S. midterm elections and what a GOP-led Congress will mean for climate action and the Keystone XLย pipeline. Hosted by DeSmogBlog contributor Farron Cousins, our DeSmog cast โ featuring Carol Linnitt, Brendan DeMelle and Steve Horn โ also takes a look at fracking bans in several […]
Meet The Folks On The Front Lines Of Fracking In California
The oil and gas industry has worked very hard to push the narrative that fracking is completely safe, and that any opposition is led by a small group of full-time activists. But a new series of in-depth investigative reporting and photography called Faces Of Fracking is profiling the Californians living with, suffering from, and standing […]
Add Toxic Air Pollution To Growing List Of Problems With Fracking
The threat posed by fracking to water quality is an issue receiving a lot of attention lately (see here, here, and here, for instance), as is the looming collapse of the fracking boom. But the Center for Environmental Health, suspecting that the whole story wasn’t being told, partnered with 15 different local, state, and national […]
25th Anniversary: Thatcher Tells UN Markets Must Face Limits to Prevent Climate Change
Margaret Thatcher was at the height of her premiership when she took to the podium at the United Nations general assembly on the global environment held at the UN building in New York on 8 Novemberย 1989.ย Margaret Thatcher took to the stage at the United Nations and outlines her mission to save the world: โIt […]
'Frack Master' Joins UK Debate on Shale Gas After Losing Texas Town to Fracking Ban
Chris Faulkner, the founder and CEO of the Texas-based Breitling Energy Corporation (BECC)warned against the โdangersโ of opposing fracking in the UK at an Npower-funded industry event held in Londonย yesterday. The โFrack Masterโ, a nickname acquired due to Faulknerโs โunapologetic and outspoken industry advocacyโ earned the title of โIndustry Leader of the Yearโ at last […]