Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/12/saddest-thing-wont-be-breaking-news-concentration-co2-hits-record-high-416-ppm Published on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 by Common Dreams “Emissions from fossil fuels and deforestation need to be reduced to ZERO to stop this trend!” By Jessica Corbett, staff writer Residents look on as flames burn through … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/22/coal-knew-too-explosive-report-shows-industry-was-aware-climate-threat-far-back-1966? Published on Friday, November 22, 2019 by Common Dreams “It wasn’t just big oil that knew about climate change decades ago.” By Eoin Higgins, staff writer “There is evidence that the amount of carbon dioxide in the … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): We just experienced the hottest June ever recorded.1 As global temperatures rise, heat waves like the one that swept across the U.S. in mid-July have become more common — and each summer, it gets hotter. It even … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): This month, we saw something we hadn’t seen in a decade: The U.S. House of Representatives voted to take action on the climate crisis. Now it’s the Senate’s turn. Go to https://pennenvironment.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=32736 to tell our U.S. senators: … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/16/keeping-global-warming-below-15degc-may-still-be-possible-immediate-action-new-study Published on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 by Common Dreams “It’s good news from a geophysical point of view,” says the lead researcher. “We are basically saying we can’t build anything now that emits fossil fuels.” By Jessica … Continued
On November 8, a federal judge invalidated the administration’s “presidential permit” for Keystone XL, ruling that the Administration violated key laws when it approved the pipeline. This momentous ruling is a major delay that sends the administration and TransCanada back … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): There’s a lot of things to love about the ‘80’s. But outdated controls on oil & gas drillers are not on that list. Yet a vote this week by old-school legislators in Harrisburg would turn back the … Continued
What: Discussion of the 2018 edition of the Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking which updates the rapidly expanding evidence indicating harm to health from fracking and methane infrastructure. Who: All are welcome. … Continued
From the National Wildlife Federation (https://www.nwf.org/): An important safeguard is on the chopping block that would protect pronghorn roaming our wild public lands from harmful methane pollution released by oil and gas operations. Don’t let the fossil fuel industry get … Continued
Posted at https://thinkprogress.org/solar-wind-keep-getting-cheaper-33c38350fb95/ Building new renewables is now cheaper than just running old coal and nuclear plants. Joe Romm Nov 20, 2017, 11:34 am In one of the fastest and most astonishing turnarounds in the history of energy, building … Continued