New Jersey Poised to Pass Legislation That Would Speed Water Privatization

New Jersey Poised to Pass Legislation That Would Speed Water Privatization

"The Herald reports that sales of municipal water systems to private entities would be fast-tracked because the bill would eliminate "a mandatory public vote on such deals and reduc[e] oversight of the sale price by the state Board of Public Utilities"."

Republicans still deny climate change

This Is the Stupidest Anti-Science Bull**** of 2014

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/12/worst-science-denial-2014
"2014 had its fair share of landmark scientific accomplishments: dramatic cuts to the cost of sequencing a genome; sweeping investigations of climate change impacts in the US; advances in private-sector space travel, and plenty more. But there was also no shortage of high-profile figures eager to publicly and shamelessly denounce well-established science—sometimes with serious consequences for public policy."

The Republicans' greatest hoax?

Energy Companies Team Up With State Attorney Generals To Kill EPA Regulations

Energy Companies Team Up With State Attorney Generals To Kill EPA Regulations

"Kochtopia! What energy producers want, energy producers are going to get, whether it's on a national scale or state-by-state."

FBI Files Charges Against President Of Company Behind West Virginia Chemical Spill

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/12/09/3601157/gary-southern-arrested-west-virginia-freedom-industries/
"The former president of the company that contaminated drinking water for 300,000 West Virginians this past January has been arrested on criminal fraud charges, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation complaint unsealed Monday.
Former Freedom Industries president Gary Southern was charged with bankruptcy fraud, wire fraud, and lying under oath during the company’s bankruptcy proceedings following the massive spill — a 10,000 gallon dump of a coal-cleaning chemical called crude MCHM into the Elk River. FBI Special Agent James F. Lafferty said in a sworn affidavit that Southern, in an attempt to protect his personal fortune of nearly $8 million and shield himself from lawsuits, developed a scheme to distance himself from the company and “deflect blame” to other parties."

These Newspapers Are Helping The Oil Industry's Campaign Against Wind Energy

http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/12/02/these-newspapers-are-helping-the-oil-industrys/201743
"Newspapers across the country have been publishing misleading op-eds attacking the federal Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy without disclosing the authors' oil-industry funding. The op-eds, which attack the wind energy policy as "corporate welfare" and "government handouts," ignore the fact that the oil and gas industry currently receives far greater government subsidies and that the PTC brings great economic benefits."

The Sunshine State Cuts Its Commitment To Solar Power

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/12/01/3597747/florida-psc-energy-efficiency-vote/
"Florida’s Public Service Commission voted last week to cut energy efficiency targets for power companies and to do away with a solar rebate program in the state, decisions that served to scale back the state’s already paltry efforts in renewable energy."

Why Faster Melting Glaciers Should Worry You

‘Sunshine State’ spurns solar power potential

The cold, hard truth on climate change

3 Republican Lies About Keystone XL

http://samuel-warde.com/2014/11/3-republican-lies-keystone-xl/
"No matter who you are, no matter what your political persuasion, it is important that you understand the ramifications of the Keystone XL. It will not produce any lasting jobs. It will not make us more energy independent. It will not lower fuel prices. It will put our environment, our economy and our security at risk."

Here are Some Facts About the Keystone XL Pipeline Republicans Really Don’t Want Americans to See

Here are Some Facts About the Keystone XL Pipeline Republicans Really Don’t Want Americans to See

"when all is said and done, the Keystone XL pipeline will only sustain about 50 full-time jobs. That’s it. And let’s just look at a glaring reality that millions of Americans seem to not understand: This is not American oil nor is the Keystone XL an American pipeline. This pipeline will take Canadian oil down to the Gulf of Mexico to be shipped out and sold on the global market at whatever price oil is going for at that particular time.

Let me reiterate this again: The Keystone XL pipeline has nothing to do with American oil, helping America’s energy independence or anything at all to do with anything remotely related to the United States as it relates to satisfying our energy needs and demands. This is a pipeline that will cut straight through the heart of the United States so that TransCanada can sell their oil at the going global market rate… with most of it probably ending up in China. And what will the United States ultimately end up with? About 50 jobs and a massive pipeline over 1,000 miles long that will almost assuredly be responsible for some kind of catastrophic oil spill sometime in the future."

House Republicans just passed a bill forbidding scientists from advising the EPA on their own research

House Republicans just passed a bill forbidding scientists from advising the EPA <em>on their own research</em>

"The "reform" measure makes room for industry-funded experts on the EPA's advisory board"

Keystone CEO "Keystone Will Create 50 Jobs"

GOPers Wrong Again: Solyndra-Type Loans Made Billions

GOPers Wrong Again: Solyndra-Type Loans Made Billions

"The much-maligned government program that funded the failed solar tech company Solyndra is expected to make taxpayers a $5 to $6 billion return, Bloomberg Businessweek reported on Wednesday.The loan program is run out of the Department of Energy (DOE), and covers a large umbrella of investments to encourage green energy and low-carbon technologies.

According to Businessweek, the expected positive returns on those investments are detailed in a new report DOE will be releasing, perhaps as early as Thursday, on the loan program’s performance — the first such estimate the agency has made of the fruits of its efforts."

CEO of Coal Mine Where 29 Workers Died Is Indicted

http://www.alternet.org/ceo-coal-mine-where-29-workers-died-indicted
"Don Blankenship, the CEO of the Massey Energy coal mine that exploded and killed 29 workers in 2010 has been indicted on charges that he conspired to violate federal mine safety and health standards.
The indictment, handed down by a federal grand jury in Charleston, West Virginia, says that Blankenship hid safety violations at the West Virginia mine between January 2008 and April 2010, when the disaster took place. The suppressing of the safety violations impeded a federal mine safety investigation following the blast, the indictment alleges.
Blankenship can face 31 years in prison if convicted."

Thanks To ALEC, Arizona To Roll Back Efficiency Standards

Thanks To ALEC, Arizona To Roll Back Efficiency Standards

"The Koch brothers strike again! Model legislation written by ALEC is calling a halt to the remarkable progress in energy efficiency made by the state of Arizona and replacing it with "free market principles" -- i.e. Kochs buying legislators in order to increase their personal fortunes."

Republican Admits She Doesn’t Care About Democracy, Plans to Ignore Fracking Ban Approved by Voters

Republican Admits She Doesn’t Care About Democracy, Plans to Ignore Fracking Ban Approved by Voters

"the Republican love for big government is now playing out in Denton, Texas where citizens recently voted 59-41 percent to ban fracking, yet Texas Railroad Commission Chairwoman Christi Craddick (a Republican) has pretty much said she doesn’t care what voters want, she’s going to continue to issue permits for fracking anyway."

Finally a Member of the Oligarchy Is Indicted for Culpability in Worker Deaths: 29 Coal Miners Killed

http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/finally-a-member-of-the-oligarchy-is-indicted-for-culpability-in-the-death-of-workers-29-coal-miners-killed
"Blankenship is a nasty piece of work, even in the pitiless exploitative business of coal mining, but his outlook on profits before lives is not uncommon in the extraction industry and in corporations in general."

Massey Energy CEO Indicted In Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster

Massey Energy CEO Indicted In Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster

"Don Blankenship, the longtime chief executive of Massey Energy, was indicted today on charges that he violated federal mine safety laws at the company’s Upper Big Branch Mine prior to an April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners."

Deadly mine explosion leads to indictment of Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship

Fox News Host Embarrassed After Blatant Lie About Keystone XL Pipeline Gets Debunked

Fox News Host Embarrassed After Blatant Lie About Keystone XL Pipeline Gets Debunked

"The reality of the Keystone XL pipeline and job creation is that when all is said and done, it’ll create somewhere between 35-50 permanent jobs. Yeah, that’s the “big job creator” Republicans have been harping on about for years. Heck, you could create more permanent jobs than that by just opening one Applebees. As we all know, this isn’t about creating jobs, it’s about the GOP kissing up to big oil just like they always do. But being that Republicans are masters at propaganda, they’ve somehow convinced tens of millions of conservatives that Canadian oil will help America become more energy independent and a single pipeline will somehow magically create tens of thousands of jobs – even though the reason why oil companies build these pipelines is because they don’t require many people to operate them. It’s a good thing for Republicans that conservatives are often so gullible, because it takes a truly naive person to believe the total nonsense they’ve been pushing about this pipeline these last few years."

Texas Oil Regulator Says It Will Not Honor Town’s Vote To Ban Fracking

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/11/10/3590690/texas-fracking-ban-denton/
"On Tuesday, the town of Denton, Texas, voted by a wide margin to ban fracking within the city limits. Two days later, the chairwoman of Texas’ oil and gas regulator said she would not honor the ban."

Koch Party Wins Big, Planet in Peril

Koch Party Wins Big, Planet in Peril

"The Koch's Americans for Prosperity, a nonprofit dark money group that does not disclose its donors, is reported to have spent some $77 million on competitive Senate and House races, says a spokesman. The Koch's new Freedom Partners Action Fund, a super PAC that discloses some of its donors, spent some $25 million. Not all Koch candidates won their races, but the Koch were ranked big winners in the Sunlight Foundations post-election "return on investment" analysis.

This $100 million does not count all the Koch-tied groups, their personal contributions or all contributions of the Koch network of funders which may top the $300 million Washington Post estimate. As a point of comparison, the DNC and the RNC combined spent $300 million this election cycle."

Mitch McConnell feels a “deep responsibility” to block climate action

Mitch McConnell feels a “deep responsibility” to block climate action

"Mitch McConnell is drawing his battle lines, and as feared, it’s bad news for the planet."

Here Comes the Sun: America's Solar Boom, in Charts

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/11/solar-energy-power-boom-charts
"Last week, an energy analyst at Deutsche Bank came to a startling conclusion: By 2016, solar power will be as cheap or cheaper than electricity from the conventional grid in every state except three. That's without any changes to existing policy."

The top Republican climate change denier just got a whole lot more powerful

GOP’s frightening plan to melt the planet: Koch $, burning fossil fuel, and junk science

GOP’s frightening plan to melt the planet: Koch $, burning fossil fuel, and junk science

"The voters in Tuesday’s election were – as midterm races usually are — comparatively old, with 37% of voters older than 60, according to an NBC exit poll. Those voters won’t be around when the full effect of the policies the Republicans are about to implement will be felt.

But make no mistake. This Republican congressional majority will kill our planet."

The MidTerms Were all About the Keystone Pipeline

The Koch brothers’ underhanded attack on wind energy

The Koch brothers’ underhanded attack on wind energy

"Well that took absolutely no time at all. A coalition of conservative groups lead by the Koch-affiliated American Energy Alliance (and including the Koch-affiliated Americans for Prosperity, the Koch-affiliated Competitive Enterprise Institute, among others) are showing up in force against renewable energy, urging congressional Republicans to allow a key wind energy tax credit to expire."

Americans Are Voting For Fracking Bans Because They Don’t Trust The Oil And Gas Industry

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/11/05/3589429/fracking-bans-trust-oil-industry/
"In California, Ohio, and Texas, citizens in four localities voted to ban hydraulic fracturing and other activities associated with unconventional oil and gas drilling, challenging the balance of power between state officials in charge of regulating drilling and local communities concerned about the potential risks. The bans in California and Texas, in particular, could have ripple effects in neighboring counties and portend future battles between localities skeptical of oil and gas drilling and state governments that support new development."

Election Divides GOP On Whether To Seize And Sell America’s Public Lands

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/11/07/3590195/election-divides-gop-public-lands/
"In the run-up to Tuesday’s elections, each week seemed to bring a new Republican candidate for federal and state office advocating for America’s national forests, wildlife areas and other public lands to be seized by the states or auctioned off to the highest bidder. Even the Republican National Committee (RNC) passed a resolution endorsing these extreme proposals earlier this year."

Payback: A First Look at the Fossil-Fuel and Anti-Environment Agenda of the Next Congress

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/news/2014/11/05/100549/payback-a-first-look-at-the-fossil-fuel-and-anti-environment-agenda-of-the-next-congress/
"the new Republican-led Congress is expected to aggressively pursue a number of other individual special-interest giveaways. With control of both chambers, Republican leaders will likely push, for example, to mandate the construction of a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, which taxpayer advocates say is a massive waste of government money; clear the way for the Resolution Copper mine in Arizona and the Pebble Mine in Alaska; and allow logging of old growth forest in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska."

This man is about to become one of America’s most powerful climate villains

This man is about to become one of America’s most powerful climate villains

"Be afraid: James Inhofe, one of the Senate's most fervent climate deniers, is set to lead its environment committee"

Anti-Science Republicans To Run The Science Committee & Even Grimmer Results

Direct Democracy Tackles Fracking, GMOs, Pesticides on Election Day

Direct Democracy Tackles Fracking, GMOs, Pesticides on Election Day

"Voters in cities and states across the United States will vote on a number of ballot propositions affecting the environment on Tuesday, November 4."

How Cheap Wind Energy Threatens To Upend The Kansas Governor’s Race And Upset The Koch Brothers

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/27/3582322/kansas-wind-governors-race-koch/
"Kansas is not only home to plentiful wind resources, it is also home to the ultraconservative Kochs, whose affiliated groups have spearheaded many of the attacks on clean energy across the country."

Obama Launches Solar Energy Job Program For 50,000 Veterans

http://samuel-warde.com/2014/10/obama-launches-solar-energy-program/
"Cue the howling from the right. They won’t take this lying down. You can expect to see a lot of Koch funded ads spreading the lie that renewable energy will be the death knell for our economy. Nothing could be further from the truth, and the truth is that the age of fossil fuels is on the way out and the age of renewable, sustainable energy is on the way in. It’s get on board or get out of the way because this train ain’t stopping for the Koch brothers and their paid minions."

Politico & BP Blatantly Conspire To Hide BP's Devastating Oil Spill

Monsanto Spends Millions in Bid to Defeat Local GMO Labeling Initiative

Monsanto Spends Millions in Bid to Defeat Local GMO Labeling Initiative

"Monsanto, the largest genetically-modified seed corporation in the world, has so far spent over $4 million in a bid to crush an Oregon initiative, up for vote in November, to mandate the labeling of genetically engineered food."

Purchase of Election by Chevron Shows We Have 'Oligarchy, Not Democracy': Sanders

Purchase of Election by Chevron Shows We Have 'Oligarchy, Not Democracy': Sanders

"The Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders was in the city of Richmond, California on Thursday and said local elections in the city have become prime examples of how U.S. politics, at all levels, have become corrupted by the unlimited amount of money wealthy corporations and individuals can spend on campaigns."

Clean jobs save small town America

Mainstream US Corporate Media Ignore Increased Fukushima Water Radioactivity

Mainstream US Corporate Media Ignore Increased Fukushima Water Radioactivity

"According to The Japan Times, the news gets worse: "In addition, materials that emit beta rays, such as strontium-90, which causes bone cancer, also shattered records with a reading of 1.2 million becquerels, the utility said of the sample"."

Why Is Chevron Trying to Buy the Government of This Northern California City?

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/why-chevron-trying-buy-government-northern-california-city
"This comes only two years after an explosion at a local Chevron plant sent 15,000 people to the hospital."

Climate: A national security ‘threat multiplier’

Attention deniers: Earth just had its hottest September ever recorded

Attention deniers: Earth just had its hottest September ever recorded

"Since climate deniers love it when NASA says something that can be deliberately skewed as suggesting that the planet isn’t warming, here’s hoping everyone pays attention to this announcement, too: according to the U.S. space agency, last September was Earth’s hottest on record."

Hundreds Of Hunting And Fishing Groups Voice Their Support For Action On Climate Change

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/10/3578498/hunting-fishing-groups-support-climate-action/
"On Wednesday, 325 hunting, fishing, and outdoors groups and individuals signed a letter to the president voicing their support for the Administration’s rule aimed at curbing carbon emissions from existing power plants. The sportsmen’s groups, which include Trout Unlimited and Pheasants Forever, are part of what they say is a $90 billion hunting and fishing industry and combined represent millions of members."

New Study Details Alarming Acceleration In Sea Level Rise

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/15/3579893/sea-level-rise-faster-6000-years/
"Melting polar and glacial ice and thermally expanding ocean water have accelerated sea level rise to the highest rate in at least 6,000 years according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."

California Aquifers Poisoned by Fracking While State's Water Shortage Becomes Grim

http://www.alternet.org/fracking/california-aquifers-poisoned-fracking-while-states-water-shortage-becomes-grim
"In the midst of the worst drought in California’s history comes news that hydrofracking operations are polluting the state’s dwindling water supplies."

What could the future of energy look like?

Pentagon Says Global Warming Poses an Immediate Risk to National Security

http://www.alternet.org/us-defense-secretary-hagel-outlines-militarys-response-climate-change-threat-multiplier
"Hagel said the U.S. military refers to climate change as a “threat multiplier” because it has the potential to exacerbate many of today’s challenges – from infectious disease to terrorism."

In Senate Debate, Rep. Cassidy Says ‘Not Sure Climate Change Is The Issue’ As Louisiana Sheds Coastline

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/15/3580032/lousiana-cassidy-landrieu-climate-coastal-land-loss/
"Every hour, the state loses about a football field’s worth of land, and over the last 80 years some 2,000 square miles of the state’s ecologically diverse coastal marshland has succumbed to open water."

Pentagon: Global Warming Poses ‘Immediate Risk’ To National Security

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/14/3579338/pentagon-global-warming-national-security/
"In terms of U.S. defense strategy, climate change is a “threat multiplier” that can worsen national security problems such as terrorism and infectious disease spread, according to a new Pentagon report released Monday."

Two guys and a lobster boat

Paul Ryan Still Doesn’t Know What He’s Talking About On Climate Change

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/14/3579499/paul-ryan-debate-climate-change/
"On Monday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) reiterated that he doesn’t think climate change is worth fighting, or that human beings are to blame."

Senate Candidate Admits Cause Of Climate Change, Still Won’t Do Anything About It

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/07/3576735/senate-candidate-climate-change/
"Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO), in a neck-and-neck fight to unseat Sen. Mark Udall and under pressure to moderate his views in an increasingly blue state, is trying to have it both ways on climate change."

California’s Drought Is So Bad, Even Its Hydropower Is Drying Up

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/07/3576715/california-drought-hydropower/
"California’s ability to produce renewable energy from hydroelectric dams has been significantly hampered over the last few years because of an increasingly severe and widespread drought, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Monday."

The Future of Energy

‘The Other CO2 Problem’: How Acidic Oceans Will Cost Our Economy Billions

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/09/3577544/ocean-acidification-cost/
"Oceans have absorbed so much carbon dioxide emitted from power plants, deforestation, manufacturing, and driving, that their acid levels have increased by a staggering 26 percent over the last 200 years, the report said. The disruption of the ocean’s natural pH levels are directly impacting the health of marine life and ecosystems and scientists emphasize that if these trends continue unchecked, it could be both horribly detrimental for the world economy and largely irreversible for thousands of years."

This Is Big!

The Planet Just Had Its Hottest September On Record

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/13/3579242/nasa-hottest-september-on-record/
"Last month was the warmest September globally since records began being kept in 1880, NASA reported Sunday. January through September data have 2014 already at the third warmest on record. Projections by NOAA make clear 2014 is taking aim at hottest year on record."

The war on the war on coal

Report Documents Walmart Heirs' Efforts to Destroy Rooftop Solar Revolution

Report Documents Walmart Heirs' Efforts to Destroy Rooftop Solar Revolution

"The Walton family—who, as heirs to the Walmart fortune, have more wealth than 42 percent of American families combined—are impeding the nation's transition to a clean energy future, a new study by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) finds."

If You Live Near The Coast - YOU MAY WANT TO MOVE!

Sea Levels Rising at Unprecedented Rate, Scientists Warn

Sea Levels Rising at Unprecedented Rate, Scientists Warn

"Over the past century, the Earth's sea levels have risen on a scale that is unprecedented by any other fluctuation over the past 6,000 years, new research shows."

Senators join together to stop climate change

Big-money Chevron muscles local government election

Three State Legislators Want To Kill Michigan’s Popular Clean Energy Law

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/09/3577832/michigan-clean-energy-law-repeal/
"Michigan State Rep. Tom McMillin (R), introduced a bill on October 1 that would repeal the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS), Midwest Energy News reported on Tuesday. Passed in 2008, the RPS stipulates that 10 percent of Michigan’s energy come from renewable sources by 2015."

Planet on the Brink: Human Activity Killing the Planet's Life-Supporting Systems

Planet on the Brink: Human Activity Killing the Planet's Life-Supporting Systems

"Among the report's findings is a dramatic loss in biodiversity. Its Living Planet Index, managed by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and based on over 10,000 populations of over 3,000 species, shows a 52 percent decline in global wildlife between 1970 and 2010. And that's a trend that "shows no sign of slowing down"."

Inside the Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire

www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/inside-the-koch-brothers-toxic-empire-20140924
"Their political network helped finance the Tea Party and powers today's GOP. Koch-affiliated organizations raised some $400 million during the 2012 election, and aim to spend another $290 million to elect Republicans in this year's midterms. So far in this cycle, Koch-backed entities have bought 44,000 political ads to boost Republican efforts to take back the Senate."

Sorry, Kids, You Might Never See These 10 American Species

Sorry, Kids, You Might Never See These 10 American Species

"The reason why, the Endangered Species Coalition says in its new report, is us. From climate change to the declining oceans to the chemical onslaught on ecosystems, human activity is creating a situation in which we're on track to leave a natural world to the next generation that may be absent some of the nation's most iconic wildlife."

Google Says ALEC Is Literally Lying about Climate Change, Ends Membership

Google Says ALEC Is Literally Lying about Climate Change, Ends Membership

"ALEC stated that it is "unfortunate to learn that the company had ended its membership." Over 80 companies have dropped their membership in ALEC since the Center for Media and Democracy launched ALECexposed.org in 2011."

Koch Brothers Really Hated Obama's U.N. Climate Change Speech

Koch Brothers Really Hated Obama's U.N. Climate Change Speech

"President Obama's speech today at the United Nations really lit up the Kochs. After all, these are the guys who want to buy the Senate to get rid of EPA regulations and other initiatives to reduce carbon emissions."

Cutting-Edge Deforestation Declarations Revealed At Climate Summit

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/23/3570815/deforestation-announcements-climate-summit/
"Endorsed by over 30 countries countries, including the United States, all members of the E.U., and many tropical forest countries, the New York Declaration on Forests aims to at least halve the rate of loss of natural forests globally by 2020 and strives to end natural forest loss by 2030."

Can We Save Humans From the Greatest Threat Ever?

Washington Times Conservatives Make Up Climate Change Facts

Washington Times Conservatives Make Up Climate Change Facts

"The "conservative" (we should call them "regressive," not conservative) editorial mocks all those outraged by the unchecked global warming that science has proven is a FACT."

400,000 Marched…Corporate Media Absent!

The biggest climate march in history!

Climate denial in Texas classrooms: Proposed textbooks get the science embarrassingly wrong

Climate denial in Texas classrooms: Proposed textbooks get the science embarrassingly wrong

"Students learning about global warming will be taught that things might "even out," among other lies"

Why Even Deniers Should Care About Climate Change

Google becomes latest company to abandon right-wing ALEC

Google becomes latest company to abandon right-wing ALEC

"Citing ALEC's blatant "lying" about climate science, Google chairman announces plans to sever ties"

Chris Christie won’t consider climate change plan because he might run for president

Chris Christie won’t consider climate change plan because he might run for president

"Poor, sweet Chris, pulled apart by the opposing ideals of science and republicanism"

The media’s shameful climate omission: Sunday shows completely ignore historic march

The media’s shameful climate omission: Sunday shows completely ignore historic march

"400,000 people took to the streets of Manhattan as part of the People's Climate March"

Chris Christie Sides With the Koch Brothers on Climate Change

www.politicususa.com/2014/09/22/chris-christie-sides-koch-brothers-climate-change.html
"Christie’s opposition to bringing New Jersey into the RGGI is not only anti-science and bad economics; it’s also fundamentally undemocratic. 80 percent of New Jersey adults support government action to fight climate change (a sentiment influenced by the devastation of hurricane Sandy). The New Jersey state legislature has voted twice in favor of rejoining the initiative; both times it was vetoed by Christie."

Record-Setting Climate March Proves People Care & The Media Doesn't

Fighting to save our planet

Pennsylvania Natural Resources Agency Ordered To Delete Climate Change Info From Website

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/19/3569889/pennsylvania-deletes-climate-info/
"Adrian Stouffer, a former Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) marketing manager, told the paper that she and other agency employees were told to delete the references to climate change during a meeting at Corbett’s offices in 2012."

Will climate marchers bring change?

Denying Climate Change ‘Will Cost Us Billions Of Dollars,’ U.S. Budget Director Warns

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/20/3570075/shaun-donovan-costs-of-climate-denial/
"The new U.S. director of the Office of Management and Budget used his first speech to talk about the dangers not acting on climate change poses to the federal budget."

NOAA: With Hottest August On Record, 2014 Takes Aim At Hottest Year On Record

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/18/3569158/noaa-hottest-august-on-record/
"Last month was the warmest August since records began being kept in 1880, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported Thursday. NOAA also projected out scenarios for the rest of the year making clear that 2014 is going to be one of the very hottest years on record — and possibly the hottest."

Video: Voices from the Historic People's Climate March in NYC

Watch Obama’s Top Science Advisor Repeatedly Shut Down Climate Deniers At House Climate Hearing

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/18/3568720/john-holdren-science-house-climate-hearing/
"Holdren, a lauded theoretical physicist, appeared before the Republican-led House Committee on Science, Space and Technology on Wednesday to testify about the Obama administration’s plan to fight climate change. But, as is true for all House Science committee hearings on climate change, much of the questioning focused not the content of the plan itself, but whether global warming is even real."

Voices from the People's Climate March: Indigenous Groups Lead Historic 400,000-Strong NYC Protest

42 Climate Scientists To Rick Scott: Climate Change ‘Is Not A Hypothetical’

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/18/3569347/rick-scott-climate-solutions-summit/
"As the Miami Herald reported, the five scientists who met with Scott — along with 37 other Florida-based climate scientists — wrote a letter to Scott and the rest of Florida’s policymakers Thursday, asking them to attend a Climate Science and Solutions Summit that the scientists are planning for the fall."

Musician Sting: Why I Am Walking with the Indigenous Bloc in People's Climate March

Global Investors Think Climate Action And Economic Well-Being Go Great Together

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/22/3570044/global-investors-climate-policy-statement/
"Over 340 global investors who represent more than $24 trillion are now on record that aggressive climate action is the friend rather than the enemy of the global economy."

Heirs of Billionaire Oil Tycoon John D. Rockefeller Join Growing Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement

Google Chairman: ALEC Is Lying About Climate Change And Funding Them Was A Mistake

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/22/3570463/google-says-alec-lies-about-climate-change/
"Google’s controversial decision to fund the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) was a “mistake,” company chairman Eric Schmidt admitted on Monday, saying the group is spreading harmful lies about global warming and “making the world a much worse place"."

EXPOSED: Proof Earthquakes Directly Linked to Fracking…

Rockefeller Foundation Divesting Itself Of Fossil Fuel Investments

Rockefeller Foundation Divesting Itself Of Fossil Fuel Investments

"If it worked to end apartheid, why not to end apathy about climate change, right? This is a giant step in the right direction."

'Flood Wall Street' Activists Are Shutting It Down Right Now

'Flood Wall Street' Activists Are Shutting It Down Right Now

"Monday morning, thousands of protesters are expected to descend on Wall Street and conduct mass civil disobedience to protest what organizers describe as the economic engine behind climate change. This demonstration, called Flood Wall Street, will consist of a mass sit-in near the New York Stock Exchange, emulating the tactics and some of the rhetoric of Occupy Wall Street."

Major Foundations and Investors, Including Heirs to Oil Fortune, Pledge Fossil Fuel Divesment

Major Foundations and Investors, Including Heirs to Oil Fortune, Pledge Fossil Fuel Divesment

"Prominent private philanthropies and charitable foundations, including one built from the oil fortune of John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil, are announcing their intention to divest from fossil fuel holdings on Monday as they make clear statements that the threat of climate change and the irresponsible behavior of the oil, coal, and natural gas companies has fueled their decision.
The pledges from the group of endowments and individuals, which formed earlier this year as the Global Divest-Invest Coalition, will total $50 billion in assets that will be removed from the fossil fuel sector and placed in clean energy investments instead."

'Beautiful': 400,000 March in NYC for Climate Action

'Beautiful': 400,000 March in NYC for Climate Action

"An estimated 400,000 people flooded the streets of New York City on Sunday for the historic People's Climate March, billed as the largest demonstration of its kind in history, organized by more than 1,500 organizations including indigenous, faith, labor, environmental justice, social justice, youth, and climate activism groups."

PHOTOS: Hundreds Of Thousands March In Biggest Climate Change Rally Ever

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/21/3570133/climate-march-photos/
"More than 300,000 people flocked to New York on Sunday to join the People’s Climate March, billed as the largest climate march in history."

'Historic': 300,000+ March in NYC for Climate Action

'Historic': 300,000+ March in NYC for Climate Action

"A crowd of at least 310,000 flooded the streets of New York Sunday for the historic People's Climate March, billed as the largest demonstration of its kind in history, organized by more than 1,500 organizations including indigenous, faith, labor, environmental justice, social justice, youth, and climate activism groups."

Tens Of Thousands Crowd New York For Climate March

www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/21/climate-march_n_5856836.html
"An international day of action on climate change brought tens of thousands onto the streets of New York on Sunday, with organizers predicting the biggest protest on the issue for five years."

Democracy Now! Livestream: People's Climate March

Democracy Now! Livestream: People's Climate March

"Democracy Now! is broadcasting live via our website from the People’s Climate March in New York City"

People's Climate March To Draw Thousands To Streets Of New York City (WATCH LIVE)

www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/21/peoples-climate-march-live_n_5855906.html
"More than 100,000 people are expected to take to the streets in New York City today for the long-awaited People's Climate March."

'The Whole World Watching': The Largest Climate March in History

'The Whole World Watching': The Largest Climate March in History

"Over 100,000 people are expected to participate in Manhattan; close to 500 buses are coming in from nearly all 50 states; more than 32 marching bands are ready to play."

Brushing Your Teeth With Plastic? Dentists Say Microbeads Bad News

Brushing Your Teeth With Plastic? Dentists Say Microbeads Bad News

"The small pieces of plastic known as "microbeads" found in some facial scrubs and body wash have recently garnered scrutiny, and a ban in the state of Illinois, for the pollution they send into waterways. But dentists warn that similar tiny plastic beads can also be found in major toothpaste brands, posing threats to dental health."

Vermont's Largest City Marks Major Climate Goal

Vermont's Largest City Marks Major Climate Goal

"While few local governments have taken any serious steps to address for the pending climate crisis, the city of Burlington, Vermont—home to roughly 42,000 people—now boasts a 100 percent renewable energy supply."

From Frontlines of Climate Change, an Urgent Challenge to World Leaders

From Frontlines of Climate Change, an Urgent Challenge to World Leaders

"Marshall Islands president's video address shames world's polluters in advance of UN Climate Summit"

Privatized Scientists are Hurting the Planet & You

Burlington, VT sets new ‘green’ standard

Why We’ll Be Marching in the Largest Climate Change Demonstration in History | The Nation

Why We’ll Be Marching in the Largest Climate Change Demonstration in History | The Nation

"On Sunday, September 21st, a huge crowd will march through the middle of Manhattan. It will almost certainly be the largest rally about climate change in human history, and one of the largest political protests in many years in New York. More than 1,000 groups are coordinating the march—environmental justice groups, faith groups, labor groups—which means there’s no one policy ask. Instead, it’s designed to serve as a loud and pointed reminder to our leaders, gathering that week at the United Nations to discuss global warming, that the next great movement of the planet’s citizens centers on our survival and their pathetic inaction."

Are You Ready to 'Disrupt'? Climate Movement Readies Global Mobilization

Are You Ready to 'Disrupt'? Climate Movement Readies Global Mobilization

"On Sunday night, a new documentary film highlighting the intertwined story of  the climate crisis and the growing social movement which has grown in response to it was released online for national screenings that took place in people's home and public meeting spaces."

Disruption

Faulty shale gas wells contaminated drinking water in two states

www.southernstudies.org/2014/09/faulty-shale-gas-wells-contaminated-drinking-water.html
"Scientists from Duke University, Ohio State, Stanford, Dartmouth, and the University of Rochester found eight clusters of drinking-water wells that were contaminated as a result of gas well integrity problems including poor casing and cementing. One of the contaminated clusters was in Texas and seven were in Pennsylvania,"

Greenland 2014: Follow the Water

Largest City In Vermont Now Gets All Its Power From Wind, Water And Biomass

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/15/3567307/vermont-renewable-power/
"The 42,000 people living in Burlington, Vermont can now feel confident that when they turn on their TVs or power up their computers they are using renewable energy. With the purchase of the 7.4 megawatt Winooski One hydroelectric project earlier this month, the Burlington Electric Department now owns or contracts renewable sources — including wind, hydro, and biomass — equivalent to the city’s needs."

The Great Avian Die-Off: Two Reports Point to Grim Future for US Birds

The Great Avian Die-Off: Two Reports Point to Grim Future for US Birds

"Birds are a meaningful barometer for the general health of an ecosystem. They are high up on the food chain, meaning that contamination at the bottom will travel its way up the ladder."

NASA: Warmest August Ever

NASA: Warmest August Ever

"August 2014 was the warmest since records began in 1880, new data from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies reveals."

Coca Cola, Heinz And Other Major Food Companies Warn Climate Change Threatens Business

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/15/3566246/food-companies-climate-risk-disclosure/
"Here are seven other big food companies that disclose to investors that climate change poses a threat to their products and bottom lines."

Push To Impose Extra Fees On Solar Customers Draws Outrage In Wisconsin

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/14/3567244/utility-fees-end-wisconsin-solar/
"A recent move by Wisconsin utility We Energies to not only raise electricity rates on all consumers but also to add an additional charge on those who produce their own energy and sell it back to the grid has sparked outrage within the state and beyond."

The Fukushima Disaster Continues to Worsen

www.alternet.org/world/fukushima-disaster-continues-worsen
"Radioactive water flows continuously into the Pacific at the rate of about 107,600 gallons per day."

House GOP: Destroying “big government” is more important than clean water for Americans

House GOP: Destroying “big government” is more important than clean water for Americans

"Question: Which do you think House Republicans were focusing on Tuesday night when they voted to block the EPA’s regulatory powers with regards to clean water? Were they concerned about high-profile debacles this year that cut off access to drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people — like West Virginia’s chemical spill, or this summer’s algae bloom in Toledo? Or were they obsessing over perceived “federal overreach” that has no basis in reality?
Bingo."

The Koch Bros Go After Green Hollywood

Schultz goes green at the lake

Tap Water Dries Out In California. Could You Be Next?

'Severe... Pervasive... Irreversible": IPCC's Devastating Climate Change Conclusions

'Severe... Pervasive... Irreversible": IPCC's Devastating Climate Change Conclusions

"Climate change is here. Climate change is now. Climate change will be significantly more dangerous, deadly, and expensive if nothing is done to correct humanity's course, but aspects of future shifts are probably already irreversible."

How A New Group Is Helping Nonprofits In West Virginia Get Solar Panels For Just $1

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/08/27/3476229/shepherdstown-church-solar-project/
"A church in West Virginia just got 60 panels installed on its roof for $1, thanks to a local group that’s making it easier and cheaper for nonprofits in the state to go solar."

The growing dangers of Keystone XL

Thyroid Cancer in Young People Surges in Fukushima Since Nuclear Meltdown

Thyroid Cancer in Young People Surges in Fukushima Since Nuclear Meltdown

"The impact of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown on the region's young people is starting to add up."

Secret Internal Document Urging Closure of California Nuclear Plant Revealed

Secret Internal Document Urging Closure of California Nuclear Plant Revealed

"In a report written last year but not made public until Monday, a former federal inspector expresses uncertainty over whether California's last operating nuclear plant, Diablo Canyon, could withstand strong shaking from nearby earthquake faults."

Papantonio: BP Still Won’t Pay Up

“This is a war”: A conflict photographer takes on the rapidly escalating poaching crisis

“This is a war”: A conflict photographer takes on the rapidly escalating poaching crisis

"Organized, aggressive and hugely profitable poaching operations are on the rise"

Doctors Outraged By Claims That Health Officials Ignored Residents Sickened By Drilling

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/08/20/3473769/pennsylvania-health-professionals-fracking-health/
"Pennsylvania doctors, nurses, and health policy experts are calling for a statewide investigation into claims that the state Department of Health has a policy of telling its employees never to talk to residents who complain of negative health effects from fracking, according to letter sent to state Gov. Tom Corbett and other elected officials on Tuesday."

Michigan Is Taking The Radioactive Fracking Waste That Other States Rejected

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/08/20/3473535/michigan-radioactive-fracking-waste/
"Michigan is accepting the radioactive fracking waste that other states’ regulations prevent them from keeping."

Oklahoma Gets Hit With 20 Earthquakes In One Day

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/08/20/3473502/oklahoma-hit-with-20-earthquakes/
"Oklahoma’s Geology Survey recorded an unprecedented 20 small earthquakes across the state on Tuesday, highlighting the dramatic increase of seismic activity that has occurred there as the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing — otherwise known as fracking — has spread across the state."

North Carolina Newspapers Keep Fracking Data in the Dark

North Carolina Newspapers Keep Fracking Data in the Dark

"If North Carolina's proposed regulations are implemented, some of the state's most visited areas will be industrialized and public health may be compromised."

Thanks To The Clean Air Act, We Breathe 3 Million Fewer Tons Of Toxins Each Year

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/08/22/3474535/epa-report-cleaner-air/
"Actions taken by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air Act have caused U.S. toxic air emissions to drop “significantly” — in some cases by more than half — since the law was amended in 1990, the regulatory agency told Congress in a report Thursday."

Ecologists Just Saved Miles Of Texas Coastline Using BP Oil Spill Money

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/08/22/3474439/conservation-land-texas-bp/
"Twenty-seven square miles of pristine coastal land along the central Texas coastline between Houston and Corpus Christi will now be preserved for future generations after a decades-long effort by environmental groups and $34.5 million from penalties paid by BP and Transocean after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster."

CMD again Target of Attack-Dog Journalism

CMD again Target of Attack-Dog Journalism

"This latest clunky attempt has all the hallmarks of James O'Keefe."

Canada’s despicable climate censorship: Government scientists need permission to tweet basic facts

Canada’s despicable climate censorship: Government scientists need permission to tweet basic facts

"New documents reveal the extent of the government's maddening policy of "suppression through bureaucracy"."

Green power blooms as Japan unveils 'hydrangea solar cell'

Big oil has been illegally using diesel fuel and lying about it

Big oil has been illegally using diesel fuel and lying about it

"Between 2010 and July 2014 at least 351 wells were fracked using diesel fuels without a permit, a new report found"

This Is The Face Of Fracking Lies & Propaganda

Solar Power Gets Hot, Hot, Hot

Solar Power Gets Hot, Hot, Hot

"The solar industry now employs at least 142,000 people in the United States. Solar workers outnumber coal miners in this country. In Texas, solar supports more jobs than ranching and California has more solar workers than actors. Wind jobs are growing fast too. They hit a total of 80,000 last year.
Sorry, ALEC. Even the reddest states can’t ignore this rising tide of green jobs."

How Biomimicry Can Save the Planet

Regenerative Agriculture: Sowing Health, Sustainability and Climate Stability

Regenerative Agriculture: Sowing Health, Sustainability and Climate Stability

"Consumers can, and must, play a role in pushing governments to make this transition. We have the power to reverse the trend toward chemically grown, biotech crops by creating demand for healthy foods produced using regenerative practices."

Feds to Phase Out GMO Farms and Neonicotinoid Pesticides at Wildlife Refuges

Feds to Phase Out GMO Farms and Neonicotinoid Pesticides at Wildlife Refuges

"After facing a series of legal challenges from environmental groups, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service will phase out the use of genetically modified (GMO) crops and controversial neonicotinoid pesticides at farming projects on national wildlife refuges."

Siberian Crater Mystery Solved

When the Ocean's Carbon Cycle Goes Out of Balance...

Humans Driving Planet's New Mass Extinction, Say Scientists

Humans Driving Planet's New Mass Extinction, Say Scientists

"The planet appears to be at the early stages of its sixth mass extinction, and humans are responsible, a new study finds.

Published last week in the journal Science, the study incorporates scientific literature review and data analysis by a team of international scientists, led by author Rodolfo Dirzo, a professor of biology at Stanford."

6 Horrible Things We Have to Face Because of Climate Change

www.alternet.org/environment/6-horrible-things-we-have-face-because-climate-change
"We are not talking about some distant future. These things will happen in your child’s lifetime unless we act."

America Has a Scary Sewage Problem: Let's Clean It Up and Jumpstart the Economy While We're At It

www.alternet.org/economy/america-has-scary-sewage-problem-lets-clean-it-and-jumpstart-economy-while-were-it
"The problem is simple, surprising, and quite honestly disgusting: Our nation’s older cities depend largely on sewage treatment systems that overflow when it rains, dumping 860 billion gallons of raw sewage a year into “fresh” water across the country—enough to cover the entire state of Pennsylvania an inch deep."

In One Month, The Chesapeake Bay’s ‘Most Critical’ Pollution Issue Could Be Unsolvable

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/08/08/3467685/chesapeake-bay-pollution-conowingo-dam/
"Today, approximately 175 million tons of polluted sediment sits trapped behind the Conowingo hydroelectric power dam in northeastern Maryland, a product of nearly a century of build-up from clay, silt, fertilizer runoff, and sewage plant runoff from Pennsylvania and New York. The sediment — enough to fill about 80 football stadiums — contains phosphorus, nitrogen, and other harmful nutrients that can cloud waters, sprout toxic algae bacteria, harm ecosystems, kill aquatic life, and sully drinking water."

Ocean acidification poses imminent threat to Alaskan fishing communities

Ocean acidification poses imminent threat to Alaskan fishing communities

"Keeping Alaska’s fisheries wild and sustainable is going to be a serious challenge in the years ahead as our oceans become more acidic, and that in turn, is going put many Alaskans’ subsistence way of life at risk, says a new report."

Climate change evidence abounds

Will the Green Goop in Toledo's Water Be the End of GOP Anti-Environmentalism?

www.alternet.org/water/will-green-goop-toledos-water-be-end-gop-anti-environmentalism
"It’s easy to doubt the effects of climate change – especially if you’re a Republican or a dedicated Fox News watcher. It’s an abstract concept easily “disproven” by the first cold day, and Republican-driven policies (or the lack thereof) to address it reflect just that. But it’s more difficult to deny the causes of smelly green goop washing up on a lakeshore or sticking to your toes."

Pennsylvania Sacrificing Public Health, Environment to Fuel Fossil Fuel Industry: Report

Pennsylvania Sacrificing Public Health, Environment to Fuel Fossil Fuel Industry: Report

"Pennsylvania is making a choice to sacrifice the health of its communities and environment in the interest of supporting and rapidly expanding the gas and oil industry"

Are Radiated Fukushima Monkeys the Canaries in the Coal Mine ?

Massive Mining Dam Disaster In Canada: 'Like The Exxon Valdez'

Massive Mining Dam Disaster In Canada: 'Like The Exxon Valdez'

"According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark is a cheerleader for the mining industry. Funny how these unregulated things happen"

TEPCO: Fukushima Was Much, Much Worse Than We Said

TEPCO: Fukushima Was Much, Much Worse Than We Said

"TEPCO's new appraisal of the Fukushima No. 3 reactor building shows that all – or nearly all – of the fuel rods contained inside melted onto the floor of the containment vessel."

Corporate Victory Will 'Screw' Local Farmers as Amendment Passes in Missouri

Corporate Victory Will 'Screw' Local Farmers as Amendment Passes in Missouri

"ALEC-modeled constitutional amendment protects industrial farmers' right to pollute"

Dangerous toxins contaminate Toledo’s tap water

'Massive Environmental Disaster' in Canada as Toxic Tailing Pond Floods Waterways

'Massive Environmental Disaster' in Canada as Toxic Tailing Pond Floods Waterways

"A middle-of-the-night breach of the tailings pond for an open-pit copper and gold mine in British Columbia sent a massive volume of toxic waste into several nearby waterways on Monday, leading authorities to issue a water-use ban."

The Really Scary Thing About Those Jaw-Dropping Siberian Craters

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/08/01/3466466/siberian-craters-permafrost-climate-change/
"Russian scientists sent to the site are now providing first-hand data showing that unusually high concentrations of methane of up to 9.6 percent were present at the bottom of the first large crater shortly after it was discovered on July 16."

Climate change implicated in Siberian craters

Retired Coal Miner To EPA: ‘We’re Dying, Literally Dying For You To Help Us’

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/31/3465941/health-concern-epa-hearings/
"In the five minutes he was allotted, Stanley Sturgill spoke to the EPA about how he now suffers from black lung diseases among other respiratory illnesses and how the pollution from coal plants were adversely affecting not only his health, but the public’s too. His plea: "We’re dying, literally dying for you to help us"."

In 2014, Colorado Oil And Gas Spills Are Happening Twice A Day

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/29/3465290/colorado-oil-gas-spill/
"A Denver Post analysis of Colorado oil and gas spills so far in 2014 reveals that they are happening twice a day “and usually without anyone telling residents.”"

Why The Koch Brothers Are So Interested In Who Becomes The Next Attorney General Of Colorado

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/31/3466357/colorado-ag-energy-koch/
"Probably not coincidentally, Coffman is a staunch supporter of the oil and gas industry who has vowed to use the position to protect the rights of frackers and drillers."

Doomsday Trigger for Megadrought?

Doomsday Trigger for Megadrought?

"One of the worst North American droughts in history could be getting a whole lot worse."

Does NASA's Data Show Doomsday for New York City?

Does NASA's Data Show Doomsday for New York City?

"Unfortunately, we don't live in a sane world. We live in a world dominated by a fossil fuel industry that owns half of Washington and pretty much the entire Republican Party."

Utility Trade Group Funds ALEC Attack on Americans Using Solar

Utility Trade Group Funds ALEC Attack on Americans Using Solar

"Through ALEC's bill and campaign, the group has been pushing changes to state laws that would increase costs for homeowners with solar who sell excess energy back to the grid, known as “net metering.”

Alabama state officials: We won’t comply with the EPA because God gave us coal

Alabama state officials: We won’t comply with the EPA because God gave us coal

"Alabama state officials say that EPA carbon standards violate God's law. Seriously."

Songbirds Dying From DDT in Michigan Yards

Songbirds Dying From DDT in Michigan Yards

"The birds’ brains contained concentrations of DDE, a breakdown product of DDT, from 155 to 1,043 parts per million, with an average of 552. “Thirty in the brain is the threshold for acute death,” Zwiernik said. “All the birds exceeded that by at least two- or three-fold, and many by much more than that.” Twelve of the 29 birds had brain lesions or liver abnormalities."

Is the Future of the Planet in ALEC's Secret Hands?

Is the Future of the Planet in ALEC's Secret Hands?

"If want to have any chance of saving the human race from the greatest threat it has ever faced, then we need to start putting public interests ahead of corporate interests, and the only way we can do that is by getting money out of politics.

We need to amend the Constitution, to say that money is not speech, and that corporations are not people."

Climate change impact on congressional races

Near Miss: The Solar Superstorm Of July 2012

Near Miss: The Solar Superstorm Of July 2012

"Two years ago, Earth experienced a close shave just as perilous, but most newspapers didn't mention it. The "impactor" was an extremesolar storm, the most powerful in as much as 150+ years."

Undercover investigation into food you’re eating

These Top 10 Food Companies Control Nearly Everything We Eat

www.alternet.org/food/food-brands-climate-change
"A new map published on Business Insider shows the top 10 food companies and what they own, and not surprisingly, they own almost everything."

Dangerous consequences of big oil

Pennsylvania Fracking Regulators 'Woefully' Unprepared, Says State Audit

Pennsylvania Fracking Regulators 'Woefully' Unprepared, Says State Audit

"Placing the health and wellbeing of Pennsylvania residents at great risk, the state’s environmental regulatory body is "woefully" unprepared to monitor and regulate the shale oil and gas drilling boom, charged a report released by the state’s Inspector General on Tuesday."

CDC Head: Age of Antibiotic Resistance Is Nigh

CDC Head: Age of Antibiotic Resistance Is Nigh

"The growing threat of antibiotic resistance requires imminent action, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned Tuesday."

Iowa Goes Bananas for GMOs | Common Dreams

Iowa Goes Bananas for GMOs | Common Dreams

"Despite what Iowa State University and the Iowa Farm Bureau might think about the need for GMO labels, one thing is for sure: consumers want the right to know what’s in their food and will continue to fight for mandatory GMO labeling."

The Brink of Mass Extinction

The Brink of Mass Extinction

"In the last decade alone, record high temperatures across the United States have outnumbered record low temperatures two to one, and the trend is both continuing and escalating."

Blockade at First Tar Sands Site in US Challenges 'Brazen Disregard for Climate Crisis' | Common Dreams

Blockade at First Tar Sands Site in US Challenges 'Brazen Disregard for Climate Crisis' | Common Dreams

"Happening now: Activists target construction at PR Spring tar sands site in Utah"

Giant hole, giant global warming impact

Renewables Account for More Than Half of 2014's New US Energy Capacity

Renewables Account for More Than Half of 2014's New US Energy Capacity

"According to the latest Energy Infrastructure Update from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, solar and wind energy constituted more than half of the new generating capacity in the country for the first half of 2014."

NOAA State Of The Climate In 2013: ‘Our Planet Is Becoming A Warmer Place’

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/18/3461677/noaa-state-of-the-climate-warmer/
"The planet kept warming at an unhealthy pace last year, according to a report by hundreds of the world’s top scientists led by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)."

US Lags Behind on Energy Efficiency, Study Shows | Common Dreams

US Lags Behind on Energy Efficiency, Study Shows | Common Dreams

"The U.S. ranks near the bottom of the second annual International Energy Efficiency Scorecard, released Thursday by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy."

Thank To Uncle Rupey, Now Two Continents Are Denying Climate Change

Thank To Uncle Rupey, Now Two Continents Are Denying Climate Change

"Australia and the US have a common enemy."

Corporate Greed Exacerbates Drought: Nestle Believes Water Is Not a Basic Human Right

www.politicususa.com/2014/07/16/corporate-greed-exacerbates-drought-nestle-believes-water-basic-human.html
"Although the extreme California drought is just one reason to take action against Nestle, the point is the giant corporation is pillaging a basic necessity for human life all over the world with little opposition and relative impunity. The company touts job creation as validation for draining the water supply dry and selling it back to thirsty Americans, but when they have exhausted the water supply, no amount of jobs or money will sustain life devoid of water."

Water Wars and Creeping Privatization

Water Wars and Creeping Privatization

"The newly enacted Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act holds promise for life in a world shaped by climate change. However, privatization proponents are working hard to privatize ownership and control our water infrastructure."

Aussie Senate Repeals Carbon Tax, Ignores Their Own Extreme Weather

Aussie Senate Repeals Carbon Tax, Ignores Their Own Extreme Weather

"Australia, which has the notorious distinction of being the developed world’s worst polluter per head of population, voted to repeal a carbon tax on the country’s 300 biggest polluters."

Danger Zone: Major Nuclear Waste Dump Continues to Emit Dangerous Levels of Radiation

www.alternet.org/environment/danger-zone-major-nuclear-waste-dump-continues-emit-dangerous-levels-radiation
"Environmental radiation releases spiked again in mid-June around the surface site of the only U.S. underground, nuclear weapons waste storage facility near Carlsbad, New Mexico."

With Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change, Things Could Get Worse | Common Dreams

With Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change, Things Could Get Worse | Common Dreams

"There’s more bad news from the climate scientists. Not about global warming, where the news is never good, but about the impact nuclear weapons would have on the atmosphere, our climate, and food production if even a very small number were used in a limited, regional conflict."

Rightwingers Advised to Invest in Water as Fracking in Drought Areas Prompts Activism

Rightwingers Advised to Invest in Water as Fracking in Drought Areas Prompts Activism

"As a historic drought grips the U.S. southwest, towns in Texas and California are taking action to make sure precious fresh water is not wasted and spoiled through fracking.
At the same time, some investment advisors are urging right-wingers at the annual libertarian "Freedom Fest" to view drought and skyrocketing water prices as a major investment opportunity."

‘Drought shaming’ in California water wars

The Danger of GMO's

Koch-Funded Texas Gubernatorial Candidate Limits Public Chemical Disclosure After Deadly Explosion

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/09/3457624/greg-abbott-koch-chemical-west-texas/

"In reporting on Abbott’s decision, the Dallas Morning News wrote that “the fact that Abbott has taken thousands of dollars from political donors related to Koch Industries, a multinational corporation with extensive chemical interests, creates particularly noxious ‘optics’ for the Republican attorney general in his campaign for governor.”
That’s right, what Abbott was less willing to discuss was that his campaign has received more than $75,000 from Koch interests since the April 2013 explosion at the West Fertilizer Plant, including a $25,000 contribution from first-time donor Chase Koch, who recently became the head of Koch Industries’ fertilizer division."

Is This The Dawn of a Renewable Energy Revolution?

California Charged with 'Rubber-Stamping' Pesticides Linked to Bee Deaths | Common Dreams

California Charged with 'Rubber-Stamping' Pesticides Linked to Bee Deaths | Common Dreams

"Environmental groups on Tuesday called out the state of California for illegally pushing new agricultural uses for certain pesticides despite mounting evidence that they are devastating honeybee populations."

Dangerous pipeline proposal

How politics derailed EPA science on arsenic, endangering public health

www.publicintegrity.org/2014/06/28/15000/how-politics-derailed-epa-science-arsenic-endangering-public-health
"It is a battle between politics and science. Mining companies and rice producers, which could be hurt by the EPA’s findings, lobbied against them. But some of the most aggressive lobbying came from two pesticide companies that sell a weed killer containing arsenic."

Koch-backed AG helps hide chemical plant dangers

Profiteers Cashing In on Nation's Catastrophic Water Crisis | Common Dreams

Profiteers Cashing In on Nation's Catastrophic Water Crisis | Common Dreams

"America's food growing regions face a crisis of "catastrophic" proportions as historic drought continues to drive the nation's largest water reserves to record lows."

NASA Satellite Launched to Help Track 'Challenge of Our Generation' | Common Dreams

NASA Satellite Launched to Help Track 'Challenge of Our Generation' | Common Dreams

"NASA on Tuesday launched a rocket carrying a satellite that will track atmospheric carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas fueling climate change—the "challenge of our generation"."

GMO Labeling Bill Moves Forward in Oregon | Common Dreams

GMO Labeling Bill Moves Forward in Oregon | Common Dreams

"Voters in Oregon want to know what's in their food and in November they will be given the chance to have their voices heard."

'Buzzword List' Reveals What State Officials Can't Say About Fracking | Common Dreams

'Buzzword List' Reveals What State Officials Can't Say About Fracking | Common Dreams

"Former employees of the Pennsylvania Department of Health were ordered by supervisors to ignore complaints about fracking-related health issues and follow a host of other rules to keep the dangers of drilling under wraps — even at the expense of people's health."

Renewables Projected To Add Triple The Capacity Of New Fossil Fuel Plants By 2030

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/01/3449868/renewables-soar/
"There seems little doubt that fracked wells — those that are still producing and those that are abandoned — leak methane into the water and air creating serious health and climate problems."

Four Of 10 Fracked Wells In Pennsylvania Are Projected To Fail, Spewing Methane Into Air And Water

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/02/3453533/fracked-wells-methane/
"There seems little doubt that fracked wells — those that are still producing and those that are abandoned — leak methane into the water and air creating serious health and climate problems."

Birthing a Solar Age

Another day, another damaging oil spill

How One GOP-Controlled Committee Is Waging a War on Science

www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/how-one-gop-controlled-committee-waging-war-science
"The GOP’s relentless promotion of the fossil-fuel industry is undermining the nation's scientific credibility."

Here’s What Climate Change Will Do To The American Economy In 7 Charts

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/06/27/3452736/risky-business-economy-cost-2/
"A prospectus was also released, digging into the report’s methodology in much greater detail. It built the overall model of economic damage by looking at six major categories: coastal damage, agriculture, labor productivity, increased deaths, crime, and energy costs."

Heading to the Beach? Know Which are the Cleanest and Which Are the Dirtiest

www.alternet.org/environment/check-water-quality-your-beach-swimming
"10% of U.S. beach waters fail to meet EPA’s safety standards, and some are downright filthy."

Why divest from fossil fuels?

Kiribati: The country killed by climate change - Truthloader

Five Things Huge Corporations Don't Want You To Know About Food - Truthloader

Fukishima: No End in Sight for Nuclear Meltdown | Interview with Paul Gunter of Beyond Nuclear

Put Your Money Where Your Earth Is | Common Dreams

Put Your Money Where Your Earth Is | Common Dreams

"Could financial markets play a role in curbing climate change? Two former U.S. Treasury secretaries seem to think so."

Keystone permit about to expire in South Dakota

‘Our oceans are sick’

Bjorn Lomborg Is Part Of The Koch Network — And Cashing In

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/06/25/3453053/koch-bjorn-lomborg-lousy-t-shirt/
"So Bjorn Lomborg is funded by foundations that are part of the Kochtopus empire of influence. And Lomborg is a big-time pundit who argues for inaction on climate change, who pens pieces like “The Poor Need Cheap Fossil Fuels,” and who asserts “global warming has mostly been a net benefit so far” and will be for decades.
Coincidence? You be the judge — preferably not a Kochtopus-educated one."

Will GM Crops Collapse the Food System? | Common Dreams

Will GM Crops Collapse the Food System? | Common Dreams

"We need to consider this series of consequences some intended and some not, that have occurred due to the introduction of GM crops . The connections are real and perhaps we need to ask what happens when one part of the system collapses, will the entire food system follow?"

Don’t Forget Butterflies! Our Pollination Crisis Is About More Than Honeybees

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/06/25/3447062/pollination-crisis-honeybees/
"While the plight of bees has gotten deserved attention of late, many species of pollinators face the same threats: habitat destruction, climate-induced changes in flowering and weather patterns, and in some cases, pesticides."

Leaks from Keystone One raise serious concerns

Hate Summer? Just Wait Until Global Warming Really Kicks In

Hate Summer? Just Wait Until Global Warming Really Kicks In

"In fact, it will be downright deadly. Climatologist Robert Kopp, the lead scientist behind the report, told Reuters that, "As temperatures rise, toward the end of the century, less than an hour of activity outdoors in the shade could cause a moderately fit individual to suffer heat stroke"."