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House Republicans passed an amendment Thursday blocking the Department of Defense (DOD) from financing its climate change and national security plan. The amendment passed 216-205, wit

An historic agreement has been reached between Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), Friends of the Earth and other environmental and labor organizations to replace the Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors with greenhouse-gas-free renewable energy.

Here are five common refrains you’ll hear from climate naysayers… and why they’re dead wrong.

A storage tank attached to an oil well damaged by recent flooding spilled 7,500 gallons of crude oil into the Cache la Poudre River near Windsor in Northern Colorado, reported the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC).

“This proposed bill does not require a cleanup and asks the legislature and the public to trust DENR and Duke to decide what to do with Duke’s polluting coal ash pits."

Killings of people protecting the environment and rights to land increased sharply between 2002 and 2013 as competition for natural resources intensifies, a new report from Global Witness reveals.

Killings of people protecting the environment and rights to land increased sharply between 2002 and 2013 as competition for natural resources intensifies, a new report from Global Witness reveals.

Killings of people protecting the environment and rights to land increased sharply between 2002 and 2013 as competition for natural resources intensifies, a new report from Global Witness reveals.

A new report released today by the Sierra Club and a coalition of 13 other organizations, including the Indigenous Environmental Network, examines the proposed expansion of the Alberta Clipper tar sands pipeline and concludes that there are significant threats to water, health and climate.

When one of its gas wells exploded in Dunkard Township, Greene County, PA, killing one worker, injuring another and sparking a fire that burned for days, Chevron responded by issuing pizza coupons to area residents. Today, thousands outraged by the insulting gesture let Chevron’s CEO and staff know that pizza does not mean never having to say you’re sorry.

When one of its gas wells exploded in Dunkard Township, Greene County, PA, killing one worker, injuring another and sparking a fire that burned for days, Chevron responded by issuing pizza coupons to area residents. Today, thousands outraged by the insulting gesture let Chevron’s CEO and staff know that pizza does not mean never having to say you’re sorry.

The Denton Drilling Awareness Group (Denton DAG) today announced they are collecting signatures for a ballot initiative to ban hydraulic fracturing within city limits. If approved by voters, Denton would become the first major Texas city to ban fracking, and the first city in the country to ban fracking after permits had been previously granted.

Managers within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service overrode their scientific experts to adopt an inaccurate map based upon a flawed model that significantly shrank the range of an endangered species, according to agency investigative reports released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

Many fracking sites are located on farmland or close to farms. The proximity of fracking sites and incidents of farm animal illness seem to be inextricably linked. However, due to non-disclosure agreements and proprietary secrecy over chemicals used in fracking, it is incredibly difficult for scientists to definitively link animal deaths and reproductive defects back to fracking companies.

Senate Bill 1731, introduced by Tea Party members Sen. Paul (R-KY), Sen. Lee (R-UT) and Sen. Heller (R-NV) would end protections for most of the species that are currently protected by the act and make it virtually impossible to protect new species under the law.

This week, the legendary comic strip Dick Tracy began an on-going storyline on GoComics.com about fracking. Writer Mike Curtis and illustrator Joe Staton pen the cartoon, using Wheaton Farm as the subject for a relentless Mr. Hy Pressure who is determined to lease the family’s land to the fracking industry.

This week, the legendary comic strip Dick Tracy began an on-going storyline on GoComics.com about fracking. Writer Mike Curtis and illustrator Joe Staton pen the cartoon, using Wheaton Farm as the subject for a relentless Mr. Hy Pressure who is determined to lease the family’s land to the fracking industry.

This week, the legendary comic strip Dick Tracy began an on-going storyline on GoComics.com about fracking. Writer Mike Curtis and illustrator Joe Staton pen the cartoon, using Wheaton Farm as the subject for a relentless Mr. Hy Pressure who is determined to lease the family’s land to the fracking industry.

This week, the legendary comic strip Dick Tracy began an on-going storyline on GoComics.com about fracking. Writer Mike Curtis and illustrator Joe Staton pen the cartoon, using Wheaton Farm as the subject for a relentless Mr. Hy Pressure who is determined to lease the family’s land to the fracking industry.