From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The Biden administration just moved the Willow Project another step forward — a massive oil drilling project proposed by ConocoPhillips, Alaska’s largest oil producer.1 If approved, the project will do irreparable damage to the frozen, fragile ecosystem … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): You know what’s scary this Halloween? Oil company quarterly profits! With families paying sky-high prices and our planet burning, Big Oil execs are pocketing record profits(1) and funneling millions to pro-oil politicians.(2) Tell President Biden … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): February 8 at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET, please join us for “Polar Bears on the Edge,” a conversation with internationally renowned photographer Steven Kazlowski. In this epic Geography of Hope episode, we will … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/16/scientist-who-spent-year-epicenter-climate-crisis-warns-world-may-already-have-hit ‘Urgent’ action is needed, atmospheric scientist Markus Rex said. ANDREA GERMANOS, STAFF WRITER June 16, 2021 The MOSAiC expedition’s Eco and Ocean team near a lead next to ROV sampling. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut /Lianna Nixon/CC-BY 4.0) The atmospheric … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/03/14/un-report-warns-locked-arctic-temperature-spikes-will-unleash-global-sea-level-rise Published on Thursday, March 14, 2019 by Common Dreams “We have the science; now more urgent climate action is needed to steer away from tipping points that could be even worse for our planet than we first … Continued
Washington Post By Devin Powell September 22 ABOARD THE USCGC HEALY — On a ship near the top of the planet, a 120-pound steel claw dumps out mud freshly scooped from the bottom of the sea. Jackie Grebmeier gets to work with … Continued