BY REBECCA BEITSCH - 02/26/20 05:34 PM EST
130 Political appointees at the Department of the Interior overruled staff objections to a rule that eased offshore drilling regulations, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.
The ...
https://www.inverse.com/science/second-hand-smoke-us-maps Scientists estimate that each year in the U.S., outdoor air pollution shortens the lives of about 100,000 people by one to two decades.
As it turns out, much of this pollution originates not in a person’s own neighborhood, but up to hundreds...
The Quardian has an announcement…
in service of the escalating climate emergency, we have made an important decision – to renounce fossil fuel advertising, becoming the first major global news organisation to institute an outright ban on taking money from companies that extract fossil fuels.
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NEW YORK » JPMorgan Chase & Co. will no longer do business with coal companies and will restrict financing to companies that drill in the Arctic, the company announced Tuesday.
The announcement came in tandem with the bank announcing that it w...
Shared from the 2/26/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Ellen Knickmeyer The Associated Press
WASHINGTON» Describing windows rattled by industrial blasts and windowsills covered in toxic ash, an African-American resident of Texas’ oil hub joined Democratic lawmakers, state offi...
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No need to kneel in church at high tide By Hannah Beech and Jes Aznar © The New York Times Co.
BATASAN, PHILIPPINES» When the floods invade her home at night — and they always do, a little higher each year — Pelagia Villarmia curls up on her...
The most extreme risks of climate change can’t be ruled out -- including the collapse of human civilization, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. “The response to climate change should be motivated not only by central estimates of outcomes but also by the likelihood of extreme events,” bank ec...
The coronavirus spreading from China has sickened at least 73,000 people and killed at least 2,000, setting in motion a global health emergency. But humans aren’t the only species infected.
Coronaviruses attack a variety of birds and mammals. The new virus seems to have leapt from wildlife ...
Shared from the 2/20/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Susan Montoya Bryan The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE» Projects to reduce the risk of wildfires and protect water sources in the West have created jobs and infused more money in local economies, researchers say, and they were funded by a par...
Shared from the 2/20/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Bruce Finley
The Denver Post
Eighty percent of voters in Colorado and seven other Western states prioritize air, land, water and wildlife issues as key factors in electing leaders, including more than four in 10 who say the environment is v...
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OIL AND GAS POLLUTION PLAN By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
Two environmental groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for what they say is a failure to ensure that required plans are in place to protect Colorado’s Front Range fro...
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The Associated Press
WASHINGTON» The Trump administration completed the fewest cleanups of toxic Superfund sites last year than any administration since the program’s first years in the 1980s, figures released by the Environment...
The Trump administration has offered oil companies a chunk of the American west that’s four times the size of California – an expansive drilling plan that threatens to entrench the industry at the expense of other outdoor jobs, while locking in enough emissions to undermine global climate policy.
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Jeff Bezos
SEATTLE»Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive and the world’s richest man, said on Monday that he was committing $10 billion to address the climate crisis in a new initiative he called the ...
Shared from the 2/18/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Faye Flam
Bloomberg Opinion
Overall, it’s good news that President Donald Trump has declared he’s in favor of planting trees — it’s perhaps the one thing he has in common with people who care about the long-term future of the planet. Trees...
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WASHINGTON » Last month was the hottest January since scientists began keeping temperature records in 1880, U.S. government forecasters said Thursday.
The global average land and ocean surface temperature in January was 2.05 degrees Fahrenhei...
Emily Holden the Guardian -Energy companies have leased 9.9m acres from the administration – and the fossil fuels extracted could equal half a year of emissions from China
The Trump administration has offered oil companies a chunk of the American west that’s four times the size of Califor...
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By Diana DeGette and Gina McCarthy
Given the divisiveness of our politics these days, it may seem hard to believe that protecting our environment hasn’t always been such a highly partisan issue.
In fact, just a half a century ago, members of Con...
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Take a deep breath – you can do this Small actions by residents can add up quickly to improve air quality By Sue McMillin Columnist for The Denver Post-extract
Here is what you can do.
• Refuel your vehicle during cooler even...
New York City’s ban on fossil fuel projects is the largest municipal ban of its kind, ever. New York City has been a strong trendsetter for climate policy for years. When New York City announced its intent to divest its massive pension from fossil fuels two years ago, it set off a wave of divestment...
