Mother Nature didn’t intend for forty million people to live here… This is literally a culture that since the 1880s has progressively invented, invented and
LaunchMitch McConnell teams up with dirty energy companies to fight EPA
Mitch McConnell teams up with dirty energy companies to fight EPA Not content with opposing a clean energy future for America from the Senate floor,
LaunchSheldon Whitehouse predicts Republican attempts to force President Obama to allow TransCanada to build Keystone XL will fail
If Senator Hoeven wants to play more hostage politics with the Keystone pipeline that simply revives the two big failures of their disastrous first two
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State Senate doing its oily best to ignore us on transportation The Republican-controlled Washington State Senate is doing its best to ignore a plan proposed
LaunchNew instrument readings show Earth’s climate is warming
New instrument readings show Earth’s climate is warming Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and U.C. Berkeley have produced the first direct evidence that human
LaunchAnother day, another pipeline explosion
Another day, another pipeline explosion MSNBC: “Rachel Maddow reports on a natural gas pipeline in Brooke County, West Virginia that exploded in a huge fireball,
LaunchPresident Obama announces plan to protect Arctic Refuge
Great news from the White House: President Obama has announced that the Department of Interior has finished working on revised Comprehensive Conservation plan to better
Launch2014 was the warmest year ever recorded on Earth
2014 was the warmest year ever recorded on Earth The evidence just keeps on mounting that the climate crisis is getting worse, but humanity seems
LaunchDemocrats plan tough votes for Republicans on Keystone pipeline bill
Democrats plan tough votes for Republicans on Keystone pipeline bill The Hill looks at some of the amendments Democrats plan on putting before the Senate
LaunchA pipeline and a pie in the sky
A pipeline and a pie in the sky New York Times columnist Timothy Egan chastises the Republican-controlled Congress for doing the bidding of a foreign
LaunchMost remaining fossil fuels need to stay in the ground to avoid dangerous pollution levels
Most remaining fossil fuels need to stay in the ground to avoid dangerous pollution levels New research by University College London, published in the journal
LaunchObama vows to veto Republicans’ Keystone XL grab as showdown looms
Obama vows to veto Republicans’ Keystone XL grab as showdown looms The Globe and Mail (our northern neighbor’s newspaper of record) offers a Canadian perspective
LaunchEgg prices likely to rise amid laws mandating cage-free henhouses
Egg producers have had six years to come into compliance with Proposition 2, and instead of using that time to convert to cage-free systems, they’ve
LaunchA year in the life of Earth’s carbon dioxide
An ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around the globe.
Launch911 audio reveals DuPont plant supervisor tried to downplay magnitude of deadly leak
DISPATCHER: La Porte 911, what is the address of your emergency? DUPONT SUPERVISOR: We have a possible Casualty 5, is what my medics are telling
LaunchRosebud Sioux Tribe: Keystone vote is ‘act of war’
We are outraged by the lack of intergovernmental cooperation.. We are a sovereign nation and we are not being treated as such. We will close
LaunchUW professor seeks money to study pollution from coal trains in Whatcom County
UW professor seeks money to study pollution from coal trains in Whatcom County Professor Dan Jaffe finds funding outside of regular research channels to
LaunchPresident Barack Obama chides CBS’ Major Garrett: You don’t need to be the mouthpiece of congressional Republicans
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I’m happy to engage Republicans with additional ideas for how we can enhance that. I should note that our clean energy production is
LaunchGarlic injection could tackle tree diseases
Garlic injection could tackle tree diseases The BBC reports that a concentrated form of garlic might help save trees in the United Kingdom (and elsewhere)
LaunchCalifornia Drying
The above images are not satellite photographs. They show how much groundwater has been lost from central and southern California over the past decade, mostly due to agriculture. (Image: NASA, via the Los Angeles Times)
LaunchInterview: Naomi Klein breaks a taboo
Interview: Naomi Klein breaks a taboo The Indypendent’s John Tarleton talks to Naomi Klein about her new book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate.
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