Trump To Clear Way For Oil Pipelines
A Trump presidency is a big setback to environmentalists, particularly opponents of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines.
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A Colorado Ballot Measure Could Make it Nearly Impossible to Ban Fracking
Green groups hope to amend the Colorado constitution so communities can ban fracking. An industry-sponsored amendment could block that.
Read more...Act on Air Pollution, the Silent Killer
Air pollution is a serious problem in Malaysia and other Asian countries, yet official recognition and responses are sorely lagging.
Read more...Ilargi: Why the Energy Crisis is Coming Sooner Than Most Experts Forecast
Why the timeframe for replacing oil is much shorter than most experts believe, making a crisis almost impossible to avoid.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Considering the Coming Megadrought in the American Southwest
The megadrought is coming….and it is not pretty.
Read more...Just How Hard Is It To Cut US Greenhouse Gases?
The US is not surprisingly, going to miss 2020 greenhouse gas targets by a big margin. What will policymakers do?
Read more...Michael Hoexter: A Pocket Handbook of Soft Climate Denial
More on soft climate denial: acknowledging that climate change is a serious threat but being unwilling to take sufficient steps to combat it.
Read more...We’re Past the Point of No Return for Climate Change
On why the case for combatting climate change is more urgent than ever, and what can be done about it.
Read more...7 Signs That China Is Serious About Combating Climate Change
China has plenty of reason to curb its emissions and has shown that it is serious about doing it.
Read more...A Review of David Fleming’s Lean Logic (and Resilience)
Resilience in complex systems and slack systems.
Read more...‘A Five-Alarm Threat to Our Food Supply’: Experts Describe Bayer-Monsanto Merger
Whether or not regulators approve the Bayer-Monsanto merger, these companies will continue their rampage against nature.
Read more...The New Extreme Reality of Floods
Floods are an under-recognized economic and political risk….
Read more...Dakota Access Pipeline: The Wrong Side of a Long, Long History of Resource Extraction
On the bogus economic case for the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Read more...Obama Again Sounds Climate Change Alarm But Continues To Support Fossil Fuel Industry
Obama talks the climate change talk, but his policies continue to support increased US fossil fuel production, especially via fracking.
Read more...Dakota Pipeline Will Proceed As Feds Undertake Smoke and Mirrors Policy Reconsideration
Following a federal court decision to deny an injunction blocking the Dakota Access pipeline, three federal agencies impose a limited, “voluntary” temporary halt on construction of one small section.
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