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New impact report advances plans for oil drilling in Alaska’s fragile Arctic

Dec 21, 2018

The Trump administration advanced its efforts to allow oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) on Thursday, with a draft environmental report, the Washington Post reports. The assessment...

White House memo says oil conservation is no longer a priority

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Aug 20, 2018

Environment, Policy, Science

In a new White House policy declaration, the Trump administration has said that increasingly ample oil supplies mean it is no longer necessary to conserve oil use as past administrations have recommended, accor...

Rhode Island becomes the first state to sue oil companies over climate change

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Jul 2, 2018

Environment, Science

Rhode Island’s attorney general is suing major oil companies in state court, over their role in causing climate change and inaction in mitigating its destructive effects. According to Attorney General Peter Kil...

Trump administration takes first steps toward Arctic refuge drilling

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Apr 20, 2018

Environment, Policy, Science

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced plans Thursday to begin an environmental review of the impact of oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska, according to the Hill. The move i...

Investors offer lukewarm response to Trump’s Gulf oil lease sale

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Mar 29, 2018

Business, Environment, Science

A record sized US government sale of oil development leases in the Gulf of Mexico has elicited a lukewarm response from investors. So far, companies have bid on just 1 percent of the largest oil lease sale in A...

Consortium of companies working toward electric hybrid passenger jets

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Dec 28, 2017

Business, Innovation, Science

A consortium including Rolls-Royce, Airbus, and Siemens announced last month their success thus far using a hybrid electric engine to power passenger jets. A prototype plane, the E-Fan X, will be complete in 20...

Local adaptations should not replace global emission cuts as a first line of defense against rising seas

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Nov 29, 2017

Environment, Innovation, Opinion, Policy, Science

As forecasts for rising sea levels tied to climate change become increasingly dire, cities such as New York and Miami are developing expensive, large-scale solutions to hold back or adapt to encroaching waters....

US shifts agenda at Bonn climate event to promote fossil fuels

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Nov 14, 2017

Environment, Policy, Science

The US delegation at the COP23 climate meeting has changed the focus of one of its events from clean energy to the promotion of coal and nuclear power. The shift is considered indicative of the Trump administra...

New study shows true cost of subsidizing fossil fuels

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Aug 11, 2017

Environment, Policy, Science

In addition to their toll on the environment, fossil fuels may be much more expensive than they appear at first glance. A new study, published in the journal World Development, shows that a staggering 5 tril...

In a global first, Irish parliament passes bill to divest entirely from fossil fuels

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Feb 5, 2017

Environment, Headlines, Policy, Science, World

Ireland is on track to become the first country to entirely stop funding fossil fuels, after parliament passed a bill to stop public funding of fuels such as oil, gas, and coal by the €8 billion Ireland Strateg...

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