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TransCanada Pipeline Explodes in West Virginia
TransCanada Pipeline Explodes in West Virginia A newly installed TransCanada natural gas pipeline exploded early Thursday in the remote Nixon Ridge area of Marshall County in West Virginia. No injuries were reported but flames and smoke from the blast could be seen as far as 20 miles away, residents told local media. Area police told CBS News the fire was “very large—if […]
Rising Temperatures Will Help Mosquitos Infect a Billion More People
Rising Temperatures Will Help Mosquitos Infect a Billion More People Mosquitoes are unrelenting killers. In fact, they are among the most lethal animals in the world. When they carry dangerous viruses or other organisms, a bite can be unforgiving. They cause millions of deaths every year from such infectious diseases as malaria, dengue, Zika, chikungunya, yellow feverand at least a dozen more. […]
1,700+ Species Now at Risk From Human Action, Researchers Report
1,700+ Species Now at Risk From Human Action, Researchers Report There is only one Earth, but human growth is ensuring that it carries steadily more passengers. And that leaves less and less room for humanity’s companions on board the planet. The Nile lechwe is an antelope that lives in the swamps of Ethiopia and South […]
Organic Foods Are the Only ‘Clean’ Packaged Option for Consumers
Organic Foods Are the Only ‘Clean’ Packaged Option for Consumers Unlike organic packaged foods, conventional packaged food contains thousands of poorly regulated food chemicals, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Working Group. “Although many consumers choose organic to avoid toxic pesticides, few know that federal rules dramatically limit the use of synthetic substances in organic food,” said EWG nutritionist […]
Two Pipelines Shut Down After 43 Barrels of Crude Leak into Missouri Soil
Two Pipelines Shut Down After 43 Barrels of Crude Leak into Missouri Soil Parts of two pipelines owned by controversial Canadian pipeline companies remained shut down Thursday following the discovery of a leak near St. Louis, Missouri on Wednesday, CBC News reported. Both TransCanada‘s Keystone pipeline and Enbridge‘s Platte pipeline run parallel to each other through the area. The Keystone […]
Germany Plans to Quit Coal by 2038 ‘But There’s a Problem’
Germany Plans to Quit Coal by 2038 ‘But There’s a Problem’ In an effort to fight climate change, Germany announced plans to quit coal mining and burning by 2038. All 84 of the country’s coal-fired power plants will be shut down over the 19-year time frame, a government-appointed commission announced Saturday, according to The Los Angeles Times. It’s a […]
Drilling and Mining Interests Pushed to Shrink Utah National Monuments, Documents Reveal
Drilling and Mining Interests Pushed to Shrink Utah National Monuments, Documents Reveal Even though Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke insisted “this is not about energy,” environmentalists and public lands advocates have long suspected the Trump administration’s cuts to national monuments were driven by its push for more drilling, mining and other development. Now, internal Interior Department documents obtained by the New York Times show that […]
Why the New EIA Forecast Is Unrealistic
Why the New EIA Forecast Is Unrealistic The Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the U.S. Department of Energy has just released its Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) 2018, with forecasts for American oil, gas and other forms of energy production through mid-century. As usual, energy journalists and policy makers will probably take the document as gospel. […]
Systemic Change Driven by Moral Awakening Is Our Only Hope
Systemic Change Driven by Moral Awakening Is Our Only Hope Our core ecological problem is not climate change. It is overshoot, of which global warming is a symptom. Overshoot is a systemic issue. Over the past century-and-a-half, enormous amounts of cheap energy from fossil fuels enabled the rapid growth of resource extraction, manufacturing and consumption; […]
The Movement to Stop Fossil Fuel Development Is Winning
The Movement to Stop Fossil Fuel Development Is Winning Colorado’s high court today struck down the rights of Coloradans to enact local fracking bans. It’s no surprise, given the massive sway of the oil and gas industry in the state. The suit was brought against Longmont (which passed a popular fracking ban in 2012) by Gov. John Hickenlooper and his […]
Gov. Cuomo Rejects the Constitution Pipeline, Huge Win for the Anti-Fracking Movement
Gov. Cuomo Rejects the Constitution Pipeline, Huge Win for the Anti-Fracking Movement In a win for climate activists and the anti-fracking movement, and a blow to fossil fuel polluters and the federal regulatory agencies that enable them, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) denied a key permit to companies seeking to build a […]
Imagine If Exxon Had Told the Truth on Climate Change
Imagine If Exxon Had Told the Truth on Climate Change Like all proper scandals, the #Exxonknew revelations have begun to spin off new dramas and lines of inquiry. Presidential candidates have begun to call for Department of Justice investigations, and company spokesmen have begun to dig themselves deeper into the inevitable holes as they try to excuse the inexcusable. […]
2 More Fracking-Related Earthquakes Hit Oklahoma Despite New Rules Meant to Prevent Them
2 More Fracking-Related Earthquakes Hit Oklahoma Despite New Rules Meant to Prevent Them Two earthquakes registering at a 4.5 and a 4.4 magnitude shook frack-happy Oklahoma on Saturday, some of the strongest felt in the state this year. The stronger quake occurred just a few miles from the city of Cushing, which holds one of the largest […]
Honeybees Face Global Threat: If They Die, So Do We
Honeybees Face Global Threat: If They Die, So Do We “There is one masterpiece, the hexagonal cell, that touches perfection. No living creature, not even man, has achieved, in the center of his sphere, what the bee has achieved in her own: and were some one from another world to descend and ask of the […]
