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uk/Environmental Enforcement Agencies Have Been Crippled by Austerity — Report
By Rich Collett-White
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The number of checks on environmental standards carried out by UK government agencies has plummeted in recent years, leading to an “enforcement gap”, a report has warned. Analysis published this w...
us/'Game-Changer': Sanders Unveils Green New Deal Plan Detailing 10-Year Mobilization to Avert Climate Catastrophe, Create 20 Million Jobs
By Guest
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By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. Calling the global climate crisis both the greatest threat facing the United States and the greatest op...
Funding for Annual UN Climate Talks Plummets as Mining Companies Slash Contributions — Reports
By Matt Maynard
on
Funding arrangements for the upcoming UN climate conference may be in disarray after local reports suggested contributions from the local mining industry to the Chilean authorities were to be slash...
Louisiana Law Turning Pipeline Protests Into Felonies Violates Constitution, New Lawsuit Alleges
By Sharon Kelly
on
A lawsuit filed today in federal court in Louisiana challenges the state’s “critical infrastructure” law, used to press felony charges against fossil fuel pipeline construction opponents, as uncons...
As More Diverted Floodwaters Head Their Way, Dolphins Keep Dying in Louisiana
By Julie Dermansky
on
Warning: This story contains images and video of dead dolphins some may find graphic. As an unprecedented amount of floodwater makes its way down the Mississippi River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engi...
First Felony Arrests Near Bayou Bridge Construction Made Under New Louisiana Law Penalizing Pipeline Trespass
By Sharon Kelly
on
Karen Savage, an award-winning investigative reporter, did not expect to be arrested as she covered Energy Transfer Partners’ controversial construction of the Bayou Bridge pipeline through Louisia...
Bayou Bridge Protesters Arrested as Louisiana Advances Bill Toughening Penalties for Pipeline Protests
By Julie Dermansky
on
On Thursday, April 5, opponents of the Bayou Bridge pipeline attempted to shut down its construction by blocking an industrial supply company’s facility in Iowa, Louisiana, just outside of Lake Cha...
us/After Los Angeles Youth Sued City for Discriminatory Drilling Practices, the Oil Industry Sued Back
By Ashley Braun
on
Los Angeles is a city built on oil, and even today more than a thousand derricks still pump it from the shallow reserves beneath the city. While some oil wells are camouflaged behind colorfully pai...
Flood-Ravaged Gulf Coast Residents Ask President Obama To Cancel Federal Offshore Drilling Lease Auction
By Julie Dermansky
on
During President Obama’s visit to a flood-ravaged area near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this week, a group of environmental activists delivered a petition to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM...

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uk/Environmental Enforcement Agencies Have Been Crippled by Austerity — Report
ByRich Collett-White
on

The number of checks on environmental standards carried out by UK government agencies has plummeted in recent years, leading to an “enforcement gap”, a report has warned. Analysis published this w...
us/'Game-Changer': Sanders Unveils Green New Deal Plan Detailing 10-Year Mobilization to Avert Climate Catastrophe, Create 20 Million Jobs
ByGuest
on

By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. Calling the global climate crisis both the greatest threat facing the United States and the greatest op...
Funding for Annual UN Climate Talks Plummets as Mining Companies Slash Contributions — Reports
ByMatt Maynard
on

Funding arrangements for the upcoming UN climate conference may be in disarray after local reports suggested contributions from the local mining industry to the Chilean authorities were to be slash...
Louisiana Law Turning Pipeline Protests Into Felonies Violates Constitution, New Lawsuit Alleges
BySharon Kelly
on

A lawsuit filed today in federal court in Louisiana challenges the state’s “critical infrastructure” law, used to press felony charges against fossil fuel pipeline construction opponents, as uncons...
As More Diverted Floodwaters Head Their Way, Dolphins Keep Dying in Louisiana
ByJulie Dermansky
on

Warning: This story contains images and video of dead dolphins some may find graphic. As an unprecedented amount of floodwater makes its way down the Mississippi River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engi...
First Felony Arrests Near Bayou Bridge Construction Made Under New Louisiana Law Penalizing Pipeline Trespass
BySharon Kelly
on

Karen Savage, an award-winning investigative reporter, did not expect to be arrested as she covered Energy Transfer Partners’ controversial construction of the Bayou Bridge pipeline through Louisia...
Series: Conflict in Cajun Country: Will the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Become Louisiana's Standing Rock?
Series: Bayou Bridge Pipeline Battle
Bayou Bridge Protesters Arrested as Louisiana Advances Bill Toughening Penalties for Pipeline Protests
ByJulie Dermansky
on

On Thursday, April 5, opponents of the Bayou Bridge pipeline attempted to shut down its construction by blocking an industrial supply company’s facility in Iowa, Louisiana, just outside of Lake Cha...
Series: Conflict in Cajun Country: Will the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Become Louisiana's Standing Rock?
Series: Bayou Bridge Pipeline Battle
us/After Los Angeles Youth Sued City for Discriminatory Drilling Practices, the Oil Industry Sued Back
ByAshley Braun
on

Los Angeles is a city built on oil, and even today more than a thousand derricks still pump it from the shallow reserves beneath the city. While some oil wells are camouflaged behind colorfully pai...
Flood-Ravaged Gulf Coast Residents Ask President Obama To Cancel Federal Offshore Drilling Lease Auction
ByJulie Dermansky
on

During President Obama’s visit to a flood-ravaged area near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this week, a group of environmental activists delivered a petition to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM...

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