EPA announces new rules for power plant carbon emissions
The US EPA today released its proposal to restrict carbon emissions from new power plants, a major step toward curbing the greenhouse gases forcing climate change.
View ArticleGlobal Frackdown is this Saturday, with events in dozens of US cities and in...
The Global Frackdown is upon us, with events scheduled in many US states and around the world. Activists will rally and strategize about ways to slow or stop the fracking frenzy they see as polluting...
View ArticleMen living closest to Canadian tar sands are more likely to get leukemia,...
Living near oil refineries has never been good for your lungs. It may not be good for your blood either. Men living closest to the tar sands mining region of Canada are suffering from higher rates of...
View ArticleWind energy subsidies blew away with 2013; will anyone bring them back in 2014?
Congress' on-and-off romance with wind energy is back off. Tax credits for wind expired – again – with the close of 2013. This isn't the first time the industry has broken up with its Congress. Every...
View ArticleChina offers best solar prices because of scale, not cheap labor, says study
It's widely held that China has been beating U.S. solar panel prices by handing out lavish subsidies to producers and keeping labor costs very cheap. But it may not be so. And that could be good news...
View ArticleSouth Texans fighting fracked gas exports
The Rio Grande Valley of South Texas’ wildlands and Latinx communities are threatened by three proposed fracked gas export terminals, pipelines, and new border walls. Where the existing and proposed...
View ArticleHays County, City of Kyle join lawsuit against Kinder Morgan, Texas Railroad...
A coalition of landowners, joined by the City of Kyle and Hays County, today filed suit in Travis County state District Court asking that condemnation activity for the Permian Highway Pipeline be...
View ArticleLawsuit would force Trump administration to protect endangered species from...
From The Center for Biological Diversity The Center for Biological Diversity and allies filed a formal notice of intent today to sue the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,...
View ArticleGroups challenge Trump administration’s coal policy
WildEarth Guardians announced it has joined a coalition that includes states, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and other conservation organizations to mount a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s...
View ArticleLegal action challenges Duke Energy’s buildout of unapproved gas-fired power...
Climate-justice groups filed a legal petition with the North Carolina Utilities Commission today asserting that Duke Energy — one of the top polluting U.S. utilities — is violating state law by quietly...
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