Global Warming Deniers Grow More Desperate By The Day
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. The Heartland Institute’s recent International Climate Change Conference in Las Vegas illustrates global warming deniers’ desperate confusion. As Bloomberg News noted, “Heartland’s strategy seemed to be to throw many theories at the wall and see what stuck.” A who’s who of fossil fuel industry supporters and anti-science shills variously […]
Nearly 70% Of Minority Voters In US Want Immediate Action on Climate
A poll commissioned by Green For All and released last week found that 68% of minority voters in key battleground states see climate change as an immediate threat that needs to be dealt with now. Some 70% said they are more likely to vote for candidates “willing to expand resources to tackle the issue and […]
The Oilsands Cancer Story Part 2: Deformed Fish, Dying Muskrats Cause Doctor To Sound Alarm
This is the second installment of a three-part series on Dr. John O’Connor, the family physician to first identify higher-than-average cancer rates and rare forms of cancer in communities downstream of the Alberta oilsands. Part 2: Deformed Fish, Dying Muskrats Cause Doctor To Sound Alarm When Dr. John O’Connor arrived in Fort Chipewyan in 2000, it took […]
Coal Company, West Virginia Attorney General Blame Lifesaving EPA Rules For Layoffs
Alpha Natural Resources, one of the leaders in the practice of mountain removal mining, has made it clear that they aren’t happy with the new EPA rules that will require a 30% reduction in power plant emissions by the year 2030. In a notice to about 1,100 employees last week, Alpha informed the workers that they […]
As Energy Department Announces Methane Measures, Critics Call for Stronger Action
On Tuesday, the White House released a report estimating that delaying action on climate change could cause $150 billion a year in damage to the U.S. economy. “These costs are not one-time, but are rather incurred year after year because of the permanent damage caused by increased climate change resulting from the delay,” the assessment warned. […]
Fracking Is Making California’s Drought Worse, Say Activists
California is in the middle of an epic water shortage, with nearly 80% of the state experiencing “extreme or exceptional” drought conditions. Check out this animated map to get a sense of how extensively the drought has impacted the Golden State. Things have gotten so bad that California enlisted Lady Gaga to record a public […]
Documents: Cheniere Fuels ALEC’s New Push for Fracked Gas Exports
Today, legislative and lobbyist members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) voted on model legislation promoting both exports of gas obtained via hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and vehicles powered by compressed natural gas (CNG). Dubbed a “corporate bill mill” by its critics, ALEC is heavily engaged in a state-level effort to attack renewable energy and […]
The Blue Dot Tour: It’s About All Of Us
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. A now-famous 1972 photo of Earth taken by Apollo 17 astronauts from 45,000 kilometres away became known as “the blue marble”. The late scientist Carl Sagan described a 1990 picture taken from six billion kilometres away by the unmanned Voyager 1 as a “pale blue dot”. The vision […]
EPA Internal Audit Finds Flawed Pipeline Oversight Adds $192 Million a Year to Gas Bills, Harms Climate
On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog, the inspector general released a scathing report on the agency’s failure to control leaks from the nation’s natural gas distribution system. The report, titled “Improvements Needed in EPA Efforts to Address Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Distribution Pipelines,” describes a string of failures by the EPA to control […]
Has The Gulf Of Mexico Hit Peak Oil?
There are enough articles on the “myth of peak oil” floating around the Internet to fill a book; and there are enough books on the subject to fill a small library. One of the common threads throughout these publications is their lack of credible sources, because not only is peak oil real, but we’re rapidly […]