DNC PLATFORM CALLS FOR JUSTICE DEPT. TO INVESTIGATE FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES...
In a drafting session of the Democratic Party's policy platform, supporters of Hillary Clinton brushed off calls by environmental activists for several strong actions to move away from fossil fuels. Credit: REUTERS/Steve Marcus
Platform's authors request federal climate probe into 'allegations of corporate fraud,' while brushing off calls for carbon tax and other strong climate policies...
Read moreTHE WORLD’S FIRST SOLAR ROAD IS PRODUCING MORE ENERGY THAN EXPECTED...
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In its first six months of existence, the world’s first solar road is performing even better than developers thought...
Read moreWEST VIRGINIA FLOODING, WORST IN '100 YEARS,' LEAVES AT LEAST 23 DEAD, INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN...
FLOOD EMERGENCY IN RICHWOOD, WV Photo Credit: Jeremy Rose
Some of the worst flooding in West Virginia "in 100 years" has left at least 23 people dead, including two children...
Read moreTHOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL HAVE SPILLED FROM A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PIPELINE
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According to the Ventura County fire department, up to 700 barrels of crude oil — some 29,000 gallons — have spilled from a pipeline in southern California...
Read morePROGRESSIVE CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS DISCUSS TREATING EXXON AND BIG OIL LIKE THE 'NEW TOBACCO'...
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Will the liars pay for their sins? More people will die from climate change then tobacco...
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THOUSANDS OF CITIES FROM SIX CONTINENTS JUST AGREED TO WORK ON CLIMATE CHANGE...
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Thousands of cities from six continents united Wednesday to create the largest global coalition committed to battling human-caused climate change and pushing the world into a low-carbon economy...
Read more26 MILLION TREES DIED IN CALIFORNIA FORESTS IN JUST ONE YEAR...
Sequoia National Park. (Photo: USFS Region 5/Flickr)
The mortality rate is unprecedented and will fuel the state’s fire season...
Read moreTHIS IS JUST WRONG! JUDGE RULES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN’T REGULATE FRACKING ON PUBLIC LAND
Add your reaction ShareWE ARE POISONING OUR WATER SUPPLIES. FEDERAL COURT KILLS BLM FRACKING RULE...
The Obama administration's hydraulic fracturing rule is dead...
Read moreTHIS FAMOUS PIANIST PERFORMED WHILE FLOATING IN THE ARCTIC, AND IT’S HAUNTING...
Add your reaction ShareIT WILL TAKE YEARS OF WET WEATHER BEFORE CALIFORNIA RECOVERS FROM DROUGHT, STUDY FINDS...
An aerial view of snowpack in the Sierra Nevada and Yosemite National Park in January. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
When forecasters last year warned of a massive El Niño, some Californians held out hope that a single extremely wet year could bust the state’s severe drought...
Read moreGERMAN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO BAN FRACKING INDEFINITELY...
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Germany's coalition government agreed to ban fracking for shale gas indefinitely on Tuesday, after years of fractious talks over the issue, but environmental groups said the ban did not go far enough and vowed to fight the deal...
Read moreTHEY WANT TO USE ARCTIC DRONES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING...
Patrick Edwards-Daugherty, the founder of drone company, Pleiades. Photo from Facebook.
this is #90 of 90 articles from the Special Report: Race Against Climate Change
A technology more closely associated with geeky hobbyists and the military may be the next weapon in the fight against climate change....
Read moreCALIFORNIA IS ON THE VERGE OF CLOSING ITS LAST NUCLEAR PLANT. IS THAT REALLY A GOOD IDEA?
Add your reaction ShareWITHOUT EMISSIONS CUTS, SUMMER HEAT WILL GET EVEN DEADLIER...
Heat waves, like the one that baked India this year, will become the new normal without emissions cuts, a new study says. Credit: Reuters
New study shows dangerously hot summers will become the norm across much of the globe unless greenhouse gas emissions are significantly reduced...
Read moreGLOBAL CORAL BLEACHING EVENT TO HIT U.S. HARD, WITH NO END IN SIGHT, SCIENTISTS WARN...
Documenting the dead coral after the bleaching event at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, captured by the XL Catlin Seaview Survey in May 2016. Image: XL Catlin Seaview Survey
The ongoing coral bleaching event that has killed or severely injured reefs from the Great Barrier Reef to Hawaii and the Indian Ocean has set its sights on the U.S. during the rest of 2016 and into next year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)...
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