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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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CPAC – Deniers Laud Trump, Repeat Al Gore Attacks and Tired Climate Denier Myths
This article describes the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) outside of D.C. held in February 2018.
The event became a virtual who’s who of climate science deniers hosted by a Heartland Institute panel, where they, predictably, used former Vice President Al Gore as a punching bag, gushed over Trump’s environmental protection […]
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San Francisco Passes Resolution Against Offshore Drilling & Fracking
SAN FRANCISCO— The San Francisco Board of Supervisors last night unanimously approved a resolution opposing new drilling off the California coast and fracking in existing offshore oil and gas wells. San Francisco is the latest of at least 16 California cities to formally oppose President Trump’s April 28 executive order […]
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The Guardian on fracking’s future – keep it in the ground
The Guardian newspaper in the UK published a good solution to extracting fracked gas – keep it in the ground. Just a few short years ago, fracking – the underground extraction of gas from rock – was to revolutionize Britain’s energy production as it has transformed it in the […]
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Fighting Fossil Fuels in New York: What to Expect in 2018
As 2017 comes to a close, we are taking a look at all that this year has brought us. While there have been setbacks on the national scale, this was a landmark year for our advocacy efforts in New York State and the Northeast region, particularly in our fight against […]
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