Yet given the power of the ecocidal oil oligarchy which rules Canada and much of the world, empowered global citizens need to let the EU know the world expects, indeed demands, the EU do the right thing…
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Polar bears—like other Arctic species including beluga whales, narwhals and walruses—are already under severe pressure in the Arctic from climate change. In just 30 years, the Arctic has lost 75 percent of its sea ice, and temperatures in the Arctic are rising faster than anywhere else on Earth…
Groups Challenge EPA’s Air Pollution Discharge Permits for Shell’s Arctic Drillships
Earthjustice
02-21-2012
“The EPA approved these permits without ensuring that all air quality standards are met, and as such our only option is to challenge them in court. Although the Clean Air Act requires modern pollution controls that…
Methyl iodide causes late term miscarriages, contaminates groundwater, and is so reliably carcinogenic that it’s used to create cancer cells in laboratories. It is on California’s official list of known carcinogenic chemicals and has…
Raising Elijah is both a memoir of a scientist mom and an exploration of the environmental threats to childhood…
Rather than “thinking about what has happened” the Institute is now trying to gag websites from using the information. It has sent legal notices to numerous Web sites, blogs and publications asking them to take down documents…
The Cleveland Carbon Fund is seeking grant applications for projects that reduce carbon emissions and have beneficial local impacts. Grants for up to $10,000 will be available to fund carbon reduction projects in the Cleveland area…
On Feb. 16 representatives of the nation’s dirtiest polluters and their friends at special interest groups like the National Mining Association, filed the first lawsuits to block long overdue action to clean up toxic…
Ethanol is more corrosive and burns hotter than gasoline, properties that could cause some engines to stall, misfire and overheat. Fuel with higher ethanol blends emits more nitrous oxide and formaldehyde than gasoline…
It is this contest between traditional power elites on one hand, and growing masses of disenfranchised poor and formerly middle-class people attempting to provide the necessities of life for themselves in the context of a shrinking economy, that is…
The report found that, already, 4 out of 5 Americans live in counties affected by federally declared weather-related disasters since 2006. Last year’s Hurricane Irene, which resulted in the death of 45 people in…
Eight Nobel Laureates Join Forces to Ban Tar Sands Oil in Europe
Friends of the Earth Europe
02-16-2012
“Even oil-obsessed America refused to take the gamble and shelved plans for a tar sands pipeline this winter,” said Greenpeace EU transport policy adviser Franziska Achterberg. “The question is whether Europe is prepared to say ‘no’…
Black Carbon Initiative Should Not Block Efforts to Reduce CO2 Emissions
World Wildlife Fund Global
02-16-2012
‘The fact is that the big emitters like the U.S. and Canada that are advancing this initiative have done very little to reduce CO2 emissions, the primary cause of global warming,” said Samantha Smith, leader of…
By the dramatic end of Your Environmental Road Trip, audiences will not only cheer, but feel compelled to spring to their feet to make their own journey and join an inspiring movement for change, through their own affection for place and home…
A review of recent testimonies, tax records and local news reports shows that, on many other important issues at stake, TransCanada has been advertising one thing to its stakeholders and delivering another…
So here is confirmation in writing what many people have known for years—that the Heartland Institute is effectively acting as a front group for big oil and energy, raising money from companies which are threatened by climate policies…
The world’s largest jewelry retailers, including Walmart, Sterling, Zale’s, Tiffany & Co., QVC, Target, Sears/Kmart and JCPenney have all committed to study their metals’ supply chains, revise their supplier sourcing criteria…
Greenpeace Announces Campaign to Make Duke Energy the Clean Energy Company the U.S. Deserves
Greenpeace
02-14-2012
“We must shine a light on Duke’s activities in 2012 because this is a make or break year for the climate, and Duke is at the center of it. The merger alone is enough to warrant an extra level of scrutiny…
Once again it is the many versus the money. Starting at noon on Feb. 13, a coalition of thirty or so environmental organizations, including Oil Change International (OCI) and 350.org set out to gather at least 500,000…
If carbon emissions continue unabated for the next three to five decades, the planet will likely warm an average of 3.8 degree Fahrenheit, a threshold that scientists and the international community have identified as resulting in…
Airborne particulate matter is comprised of tiny particles of smoke, soot, metals and other chemical compounds emitted from sources like power plants, factories, and diesel trucks. Scientists say particulate matter, which…
While the next 24-hours’ concentrated burst of online activism is a new development for the Keystone XL fight, social media has been key to the struggle since the very beginning. The fight against the pipeline sprang onto the…
Activists have secured themselves to the coal loader and conveyers, which will prevent coal from entering the facility. They are scaling the 400 foot smoke stack to send a message to both Progress Energy…
ACTION: Last Day to Tell President Obama to Move Forward with Clean Car Standards
Union of Concerned Scientists
02-13-2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) are currently accepting public comments on the proposed standards, and they need to hear from citizens like you, not just industry lobbyists…
Filmmaker Corey Ogilvie has produced a great new short film on the risks versus benefits of Enbridge’s proposed new pipeline that would take raw bitumen from the tar sands to the coast of British Columbia…
Consumers should take their dry cleaning to businesses that do not use tetrachloroethylene. The substance can remain on clothes and evaporate into the air at home, unnecessarily exposing the residents…
Proponents of natural gas have long argued it is a “clean” fossil fuel, cleaner than oil and a great transition fuel that bridges our addiction to fossil fuels as we head towards renewable energy sources. But gas may not be as clean as…
In recent years West Virginia has made investments in clean energy, especially wind generation, allowing old plants like these to be retired while ensuring West Virginia’s power is reliable…
Our fight is a global fight, and early in the morning on Feb. 7 one of our greatest allies, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, was ousted in a military coup. He’s under house arrest at the moment and could be in serious danger…
Fighting for Air—Groups Launch Campaign to Support U.S. EPA’s Life-Saving Standards
Natural Resources Defense Council
02-08-2012
Two national environmental protection groups have launched a six-figure online advertising campaign applauding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and President Obama for proposing life-saving…
