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Arctic melt: Threat beneath the ice
This CNN article discusses how quickly the Arctic is melting and the threat beneath the ice. We know the Arctic is experiencing a vast melting of sea ice. But deep in the ocean, something is happening that scientists are still trying to fully understand.
The Arctic is heating up
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U.S. EPA is sued for ousting scientists from advisory committees
This article discusses why the EPA is being sued for ousting scientists from advisory committees. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was sued on Monday by a nonprofit over a recent directive banning many scientists from panels that advise the agency on scientific matters.
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler was also named […]
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Report: Internet Giants Reject Dominion’s Plan for More Fossil Fuels in Virginia
This Greenpeace article discusses how Internet giants like Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple issued a letter rejecting Dominion’s plan for more fossil fuels in Virginia. At Dominion Energy’s integrated resource plan hearings in Virginia today, cloud computing and internet giants delivered a letter demanding the company shift away from planned […]
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Gov. Northam names new members to state air, water boards as pipeline opponents fume
This article discusses Virginia Governor Northam’s naming new members to state air, water boards as pipeline opponents fume.
Gov. Ralph Northam named new members for the state’s air and water boards a day after he ignited the ire of environmental groups by removing air board members whose terms expired months ago […]
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Climate Science Blockbuster: Can Virginia Pass the Big Test?
This article discusses whether Virginia can prepare itself for global warming. It is written by Mike Tidwell, director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. He suggests things that we need to do.
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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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Land rights, forests, food systems are key to limiting global warming
This article discusses how land rights, forests, food systems are key to limiting global warming.
In the wake of the dire, just released UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, a climate advocacy group known as CLARA (Climate, Land, Ambition and Rights Alliance) has published a separate report proposing that […]
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Little changes can make a big difference in climate change
This Nature Conservancy article discusses how Little changes can make a big difference in climate change.
There is mounting evidence that climate change affects us all. Unfortunately, in the Pacific Northwest we need look no further than this summer’s smoke-filled air from forest fires caused by hotter, drier conditions.
The good news […]
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Shell Oil met with greens for years on climate policy
This article discusses how Shell Oil has been meeting with multiple environmental groups since 2016 regarding a carbon tax.
Shell Oil Co. has convened regular meetings since early 2016 with key environmental groups and think tanks to build support for a nationwide carbon tax, according to sources.
The company initiated meetings […]
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Colorado’s oil and gas industry goes after reporters and signature gatherers in new fracking fight
This article discusses how the fossil fuel industry is trying to intimidate people to stop them from fighting against fracking in Colorado. With large oil and gas reserves, Colorado often is at the center of the nation’s fossil fuel wars.
As Colorado gears up for another fight over oil and […]
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