Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) and Senator Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) rolled out their Green New Deal bills Thursday. But it has at least one unexpected opponent. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) appeared…
The polar vortex is back, and it’s bringing extraordinarily low temperatures to roughly 250 million people across America. And in the Upper Midwest, it’s even worse. Over the weekend, Madison, Wisconsin meteorologist…
With a festive “Merry Christmas,” the EPA rolled back Obama-era protections on clean water that protected 117 million Americans. In a move both announced and signed Tuesday, the EPA changed the definition…
Progressive Democrats who acknowledge the undeniable science behind man-made climate change are furious at the possibility of coal-country Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) being the ranking Democrat on the Senate Energy and…
A major electric utility company aims to accomplish a lofty goal in the near future — swearing off of fossil fuels for good. Xcel Energy — the 9th largest utility company in…
There has been no accountability for the vast majority of interstate oil and gas pipeline fires and explosions over the last decade. That’s according to a recent report from Energy and Environment…
President Trump made good on a campaign promise to green-light the controversial Keystone XL pipeline in 2017, after years of environmental objections. Federal Judge Brian Morris of Montana has turned Trump’s green…
Time is winding down fast for the public to oppose climate change deniers looking to be the EPA’s new science advisors. Deniers may be fading fast as the world’s glaciers vanish and…
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the planet is due for a major climate disaster by 2040 unless governments take drastic action to reverse course. And the financial cost…
Restaurants in Austin can’t just throw away food anymore. Starting October 1, no “food enterprises” can send all-organic materials to landfills. This includes restaurants, markets and businesses that prepare and process food.…