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Big crowd turns out to debate proposed Spotsylvania solar facility
This article discusses the resistance to a solar facility in Spotsylvania County, VA. It will be the 5th largest solar project in the country, and is facing a lot of local resistance.
The turnout of about 300 people for the public hearing at the Holbert Building was the most for […]
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As public hearing looms, questions remain about Spotsylvania solar farm proposal
This article discusses reaction from local residents about the Spotsylvania solar farm proposal.
A proposed 500-megawatt power facility that would pepper a 10-square-mile rural area in western Spotsylvania County with 1.8 million solar panels is the largest such proposal in the country.
The proposed solar facility also is a big deal for […]
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Another DeSmogBlog Entry
This link discusses:
‘Time is Running Out,’ American Petroleum Institute Chief Said in 1965 Speech on Climate Change
In Southwest Texas, the Fracking Industry Encroaches on Small Towns, Remote Wilderness, and Clear Skies
Pick Your Poison: The Fracking Industry’s Wastewater Injection Well Problem
US Donors Gave $177k to UK […]
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How to talk climate change with skeptical relatives during the holidays
This article discusses how to talk climate change with skeptical relatives during the holidays. He developed a list of common denier myths, 197 of them.
Myth No. 1) The climate has changed before
The science: Climate reacts to whatever forces it to change at the time; humans are now the dominant […]
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Pipeline wars: Frontline in the fight against climate change
This article discusses pipelines and their role in the fight against climate change. As new pipelines expand the flow of dirty fossil fuels globally, environmental activists are joining with social justice and indigenous rights movements to cut off climate change-inducing oil and gas at the source.
When climate activists took over […]
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After community uproar in Colorado, company withdraws all Rocky Flats fracking permits
This article discusses a company’s withdrawal of fracking permit requests in the face of significant resistance from local anti-fracking activists. The company wanted to frack for oil and gas close to the former nuclear weapons facility.
In a press release issued this afternoon, Highland Natural Resources has announced that they […]
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PIPELINE VANDALS ARE REINVENTING CLIMATE ACTIVISM
This article discusses PIPELINE VANDALS ARE REINVENTING CLIMATE ACTIVISM.
IT’S PRETTY EASY to paralyze America’s oil infrastructure. All Emily Johnston and Annette Klapstein needed was a set of 3-foot-long green-and-red bolt cutters. And a willingness to go to jail for years.
On October 11, 2016, as they pulled up to an oil pipeline […]
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DAPL defendant first to win on appeal
This article discusses one of the defendants in the Dakota Access Pipeline.
The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled unanimously to reverse the conviction of a woman found guilty of felony tampering with a public service related to a Dakota Access Pipeline protest.
Rebecca Jessee was convicted at a […]
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Climate change lawsuits
These articles discuss recent developments in climate change lawsuits.
The Supreme Court is about to decide if the children’s climate lawsuit can proceed;
Three Ways to Combat Climate Change Through the Courts.
Alaskans rally in support of youth climate lawsuit, currently in limbo
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In Case You Missed It: Concern about IPCC report? Steps you can take.
This article discusses some steps you can take in your personal life to mitigate climate change.
Unless your head has been in the sand this month, you know about the new IPCC report focused on what it will take to stop warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius. And, importantly, on how […]
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