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uk/Government's Economic Recovery Council Packed with Big Polluters, Campaigners Say
By Isabella Kaminski
onJan 19, 2021 @ 10:09 PST
Environmental groups have criticised the government’s new economic recovery council for prioritising fossil fuel intensive firms over greener business advocates and disruptive startups. Prime Mini...
us/'Biggest Threat Yet' to Arctic Refuge as Trump Readies Last-Minute Lease Sale
By Guest
onJan 5, 2021 @ 14:06 PST
By Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. “The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge faces its biggest threat yet.” That's the warning issued by th...
Looking Ahead to 2021: COP26, Clean Air, and Biden's Next Steps
By Phoebe Cooke
onDec 31, 2020 @ 16:00 PST
A calamitous year of lockdowns, tiers, and certainly tears, have left us reaching for 2021 like sun-starved plants in a darkened room. The last 12 months have also been a stark reminder of how f...
us/These Are Some Climate Stories That Flew Under the Radar in 2020
By Sharon Kelly
onDec 28, 2020 @ 06:00 PST
At the start of December 2020, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres spoke at Columbia University, appearing not before a packed auditorium as in years past, but before a “virtual” audience, maki...
us/12 Trump Attacks on the Environment Since the Election
By Guest
onDec 22, 2020 @ 03:00 PST
By Tara Lohan, The Revelator. Originally posted on The Revelator. In the aftermath of the November 3 election, President Donald Trump has tried every trick in the book to avoid facing the reality ...
uk/Meet The Anti-Regulation Groups Influencing Post-Brexit Trade Policy
By Rachel Sherrington
onNov 27, 2020 @ 12:13 PST
A handful of prominent individuals from anti-regulation thinktanks with close ties to International Trade Secretary Liz Truss have been appointed to top government advisory boards guiding the futur...
us/Trump Administration Targets Banks Divesting From Fossil Fuels In New Anti-Climate Rule
By Sharon Kelly
onNov 25, 2020 @ 11:39 PST
A new proposed regulation that would bar large banks from declining to do business with particular industries or groups of companies was released on Friday by the Treasury Department’s Office of th...
us/When Can Pipelines Take Private Land? Jordan Cove LNG Project a Test for Eminent Domain
By Nick Cunningham
onNov 24, 2020 @ 16:44 PST
In 2005, Deb Evans and her husband Ron Schaaf bought a piece of property in Klamath County, Oregon, where they hoped to build a house and selectively harvest timber on the land. They saw it as a lo...
us/Pandemic Lockdowns Caused 'Just a Tiny Blip' in Climate-Polluting Emissions, WMO Finds
By Sharon Kelly
onNov 23, 2020 @ 14:03 PST
There was some speculation that climate-changing emissions might drop this spring as the world went into lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But, according to a new report by the World ...
us/New 'No Corporate Cabinet' Campaign Pushes Biden to Pick People Who Will Advance Public Good
By Guest
onNov 21, 2020 @ 04:00 PST
By Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. With two months until Inauguration Day and President Donald Trump apparently hellbent on lighting mo...

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uk/Government's Economic Recovery Council Packed with Big Polluters, Campaigners Say
ByIsabella Kaminski
onJan 19, 2021 @ 10:09 PST

Environmental groups have criticised the government’s new economic recovery council for prioritising fossil fuel intensive firms over greener business advocates and disruptive startups. Prime Mini...
us/'Biggest Threat Yet' to Arctic Refuge as Trump Readies Last-Minute Lease Sale
ByGuest
onJan 5, 2021 @ 14:06 PST

By Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. “The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge faces its biggest threat yet.” That's the warning issued by th...
Looking Ahead to 2021: COP26, Clean Air, and Biden's Next Steps
ByPhoebe Cooke
onDec 31, 2020 @ 16:00 PST

A calamitous year of lockdowns, tiers, and certainly tears, have left us reaching for 2021 like sun-starved plants in a darkened room. The last 12 months have also been a stark reminder of how f...
us/These Are Some Climate Stories That Flew Under the Radar in 2020
BySharon Kelly
onDec 28, 2020 @ 06:00 PST

At the start of December 2020, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres spoke at Columbia University, appearing not before a packed auditorium as in years past, but before a “virtual” audience, maki...
us/12 Trump Attacks on the Environment Since the Election
ByGuest
onDec 22, 2020 @ 03:00 PST

By Tara Lohan, The Revelator. Originally posted on The Revelator. In the aftermath of the November 3 election, President Donald Trump has tried every trick in the book to avoid facing the reality ...
uk/Meet The Anti-Regulation Groups Influencing Post-Brexit Trade Policy
ByRachel Sherrington
onNov 27, 2020 @ 12:13 PST

A handful of prominent individuals from anti-regulation thinktanks with close ties to International Trade Secretary Liz Truss have been appointed to top government advisory boards guiding the futur...
us/Trump Administration Targets Banks Divesting From Fossil Fuels In New Anti-Climate Rule
BySharon Kelly
onNov 25, 2020 @ 11:39 PST

A new proposed regulation that would bar large banks from declining to do business with particular industries or groups of companies was released on Friday by the Treasury Department’s Office of th...
us/When Can Pipelines Take Private Land? Jordan Cove LNG Project a Test for Eminent Domain
ByNick Cunningham
onNov 24, 2020 @ 16:44 PST

In 2005, Deb Evans and her husband Ron Schaaf bought a piece of property in Klamath County, Oregon, where they hoped to build a house and selectively harvest timber on the land. They saw it as a lo...
us/Pandemic Lockdowns Caused 'Just a Tiny Blip' in Climate-Polluting Emissions, WMO Finds
BySharon Kelly
onNov 23, 2020 @ 14:03 PST

There was some speculation that climate-changing emissions might drop this spring as the world went into lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But, according to a new report by the World ...
us/New 'No Corporate Cabinet' Campaign Pushes Biden to Pick People Who Will Advance Public Good
ByGuest
onNov 21, 2020 @ 04:00 PST

By Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. With two months until Inauguration Day and President Donald Trump apparently hellbent on lighting mo...

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