Tell your Senator – Preserve clean windpower energy and jobs!
By Mary Anne Hitt, Sierra Club Today, the US Senate is casting a vote critical to the future of the U.S. wind industry. Wind power has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, and the wind industry...
View ArticleObama creates new National Monument, GOP tries to strip him of that power
By Meteor Blades President Theodore Roosevelt designated the first National Monument, Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, in 1906. It was the first of 138 such designations by 16 presidents. Last week, President...
View ArticleMore Efficient Wind Power Builds Towards Renewable Future
So far, the story of US renewable energy transformation has skipped a key chapter, which is the exploitation of our massive offshore wind power potential The post More Efficient Wind Power Builds...
View ArticleObama may reject Keystone XL pipeline after all
By Meteor Blades Sen. Mary Landrieu’s effort to squeak by in the Louisiana run-off election that every prognosticator of note says she will lose, failed in a squeaker of its own Tuesday. She could only...
View ArticleAmericans want limits on CO2, but vote for climate deniers
By Meteor Blades A poll conducted by Yale’s Project on Climate Change Communication has found 67 percent of Americans favor federal regulations to limit carbon emissions from power plants even if that...
View Article80 year old Sen Inhofe set to rule Senate Environment Committee
By Meteor Blades Sorry I’m a few days late giving a nod to you on your 80th birthday, Sen. Inhofe. I suspect you had an extra-special celebration this year since you’ll soon be getting back to the...
View ArticleConfirmation Bias: Media Takeovers, Rewriting History, and Inventing the Future
Three headlines this week drove home a point that I often make when discussing politics with friends. That point is a psychological phenomenon known as confirmation bias (a subset of cognitive bias),...
View ArticleSolar Power is Truly a Bipartisan Solution
If you’re at all like me, then you might find listening to the rhetoric being spat back and forth between republicans and democrats to be a bit nauseating. According to our elected officials, whatever...
View ArticleUK Election Too Close to Call
But Both Parties Promise Positive Environmental Changes In case you haven’t been paying close attention to the UK General Election this spring, Britain is in the midst of one of the most closely...
View ArticlePaul Ryan’s plan: Screw clean energy
By Andrew Meggison [This was originally published as part of our coverage of the 2012 election. With Paul Ryan back in the news, we thought we’d remind everyone of how monumentally lousy Paul Ryan is...
View ArticleClimate change invades literature – say hello to Cli Fi
By Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network LONDON—It’s some time in the not too distant future. The American mid-west has turned into a dust bowl. Birds are dropping out of the sky. Cities are encapsulated...
View ArticleBill McKibben – Zika virus welcomes us to the dystopian climate future
By Bill McKibben I’ve spent much of my life chronicling the ongoing tragedies stemming from global warming: the floods and droughts and storms, the failed harvests and forced migrations. But no single...
View ArticleBig coal using bankruptcy law to make YOU AND ME pay for their cleanup costs
By Mary Anne Hitt President, Sierra Club As the nation shifts to clean energy, big coal company bankruptcies have been making headlines, and that has left many people worried and wondering about what...
View ArticleThe best medicine for Flint – and America
By Michael Brune Dxecutive Director, Sierra Club You have to look hard for good news about the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan — but it’s there. There was last Sunday’s #JusticeForFlint...
View ArticleBig coal is dying – NW rejects zombie mega-mine
By Mary Anne Hitt Director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign Let’s start this victory column with a staggering number: For years Arch Coal had its eyes set on mining upwards of 1.3 billion tons...
View ArticleRolling out the red carpet to introduce the Tesla Model 3
by Kyle Field (Cross-posted from our sister blog, Cleantechnica, as they cover the launch of the Tesla Model 3) Los Angeles at 7:00 pm in March is filled with the eager energy of spring. As the sun...
View ArticleHow people power stopped the biggest coal mine in North America
by NICK ENGELFRIED Montana communities won a victory against one of the world’s biggest coal companies earlier this month, when Arch Coal abandoned the Otter Creek mine, the largest proposed new coal...
View ArticleMonsanto to pay $46 million to victims of PCB poisoning
(ANTIMEDIA) St. Louis, Missouri — Three plaintiffs have been awarded $17.5 million in damages caused by Monsanto and three other companies for negligence in the production of PCBs. A jury voting 10-2...
View ArticleVote with Your Utility Bill for Wind Energy
Vote with your dollars (and your utility bill) to show that you support renewable energy. Learn how Arcadia Power makes it easy to support renewables The post Vote with Your Utility Bill for Wind...
View ArticleResist! 6 States Leading The Way In Clean Energy & Climate Legislation
Let’s face it. Going forward, the United States’ role in fighting the climate crisis on the international stage is uncertain. However, there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic, because states...
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