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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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Thousands of Island homes could vanish into the rising ocean tide
This article discusses a study of homes in Staten Island, NY, that shows that many will be flooded because of rising seas.
By the end of the century, hundreds of thousands of New York homes will be at risk from tidal flooding, according to a recent study released by the […]
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Federal judge strikes down administration’s Clean Water Act attack
This Southern Environmental Law Center article discusses the Federal Court striking down the EPA attempt to gut the Clean Water Act.
A federal judge in South Carolina today struck down the administration’s effort to strip away crucial clean water protections from rivers, lakes, streams, and other waters that feed drinking-water sources […]
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VCN – Pipelines Must Meet Virginia’s Water Quality Standards
This link will take you to the Virginia Conservation Network’s site where they have posted comments about pipelines that are underway in Virginia.
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