Why 10,000 Spills From Oil And Gas Development Can’t Be Ignored
by According to an EnergyWire article by Pamela King and Mike Soraghan, in 2015 industry reported more than 10,000 cases of spills across the country. That …
Month: July 2016
Climate change / Environment / News / Science
California Breaks Solar Record, Generates Enough Electricity for 6 Million Homes
On July 12, several large solar plants in the Golden State briefly produced a record 8,030 megawatts of electricity, according to the California Independent System …
Biodiversity is below safe levels across more than half of world’s land – study
Habitat destruction has reduced the variety of plants and animals to the point that ecological systems could become unable to function properly, with risks for agriculture and human health, say scientists
Six richest nations ‘host just 9 percent of refugees’
“Poorer countries are shouldering the duty of protecting refugees when it should be a shared responsibility, but many richer countries are doing next to nothing.” …
Mike Pence and Donald Trump Both Hate Global Warming
Despite Pence’s objections to federal efforts to combat climate change, he apparently has no problem asking the federal government to fund green jobs in his …
Christmas in July: Sanders endorses Clinton, progressives exit to Jill Stein and Green Party
by Shawn Gay Earth Advocacy News July 12, 2012 Dr. Jill Stein and the Green Party may be having a veritable Christmas in July. An analysis …
Meaningless, Mean-Spirited McCarthyism: Lamar Smith’s Ironic Investigations
As chair of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, [Rep. Lamar] Smith has taken it upon himself to return Congress to the glory days …
The Civil War Didn’t End Slavery After All
Corporations such as Microsoft, Target, Revlon, and Boeing have all made products with prison labor. With over a third of home appliances and 30 percent …
Jill Stein and US Green Party Reach Out To Bernie Sanders and His Supporters
“If he continues to declare his full faith in the Democratic Party, it will leave many of his supporters very disappointed,” she said. “That political …
Sanders’s Environmentalists Are Losing Hope
“You have a sense that this is not a meaningful process—that it is simply a dog-and-pony show set up to create the impression of a …