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Power companies would rather not clean their toxic messes. Trump’s EPA is granting their wish.

On January 15, a group of utility companies wrote a letter to Lee Zeldin, then president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection...

Environmentalists in Israel and Palestine fight to save cross-border water resources

Wadi Gaza is the estuary of Nahal Besor, a stream mentioned in the Bible. It flows west from Hebron in the West Bank, through...

The Trump administration’s climate policies jeopardize research in disaster-prone Puerto Rico

Professor Maritza Barreto Orta had planned to complete two federal funding applications crucial for her research on coastal erosion in Puerto Rico. However, these...

Gutting clean energy incentives would drive up electric bills

The Trump administration insists that renewables are making energy more expensive and that more fossil-fueled power will reduce utility bills. But those claims are...

It’s the essence of life, a sustainer and a life force. At any given point in time, it is impossible to imagine life without...

A court ordered Greenpeace to pay a pipeline company $660M. What happens next?

A jury in North Dakota ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages to Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access...

Mark Carney versus Pierre Poilievre on climate change policy (and other stuff)

When Mark Carney became our Prime Minister, I asked myself: Can a former Goldman Sachs executive and central banker save Canada and the climate?  Then...

Mark Carney versus Pierre Poilievre on climate change and environmental policy (and other stuff)

Image via lactualite.com When Mark Carney became our Prime Minister, I asked myself: Can a former Goldman Sachs executive and central banker save Canada and...

Cleantech Startup C1 Raises $22 Million to Replace Fossil Fuels in Shipping, Aviation and Chemicals

Berlin-based cleantech startup C1 Green Chemicals announced that it has raised €20 million (USD$21.7 million), with proceeds from the financing aimed at commercializing its...

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