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EPA issues emergency order to halt use of dangerous pesticide
2024-08-06 in The HillThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an emergency order Tuesday to remove from the market a pesticide linked to fetal damage, its first such action in nearly four decades. In a state…
Study finds major Earth systems likely on track to collapse: 5 things to know
2024-08-02 in The HillFour key pillars of the global climate are melting in the heat trapped by rising fossil fuel emissions, a new study has found. The relatively stable climate that nurtured human civilization depends…
Tagged under: Collapse
Pesticides as big a cancer risk as smoking, study finds
2024-07-25 in The HillPesticides may cause cancer on a level equivalent to smoking cigarettes, a new study has found. The widespread use of pesticides may lead to hundreds of thousands of additional cance…
Climate inflation is eating your paycheck — and it’s only going to get worse
2024-07-22 in The HillClimate inflation is a big problem; it is ongoing, growing and permanent because our weather is on track to get far more violent and costly.
Tagged under: Economics
What Project 2025 would mean for the fight against climate change
2024-07-13 in The HillProject 2025, a controversial conservative roadmap that aims to guide the next Republican administration, calls for the elimination of multiple energy- and environment-related offices and…
Tagged under: Project 2025
Alaskan glacier melt is accelerating — and the effects could be irreversible: Study
2024-07-02 in The HillThe melt rate of a major Alaskan icefield is accelerating and could reach a point of no return much sooner than previously anticipated, a new study has found. The thawing of glaciers in the Juneau …
Sen. Whitehouse: Climate change could crash the financial system
2024-05-01 in The HillWelcome to The Hill’s Sustainability newsletter{beacon} Sustainability Sustainability The Big Story Sen. Whitehouse: Climate change could crash the financial systemClimate chang…
Foundation-backed climate lawsuits require transparency
2024-03-21 in The HillA great place to start would be to require transparency around the hiring and funding of private attorneys working on behalf of the state.
Climate change is trapping Texans in an arid ‘fortress of solitude,’ expert says
2024-03-13 in The HillTexas faces a brutal climate and development paradox heading deeper into the 21st century, a state climate scientist said. “Everything is bigger in Texas, including our climate challenges,” said Ja…
Wildfire grows into one of largest in Texas history as flames menace multiple small towns
2024-02-29 in The HillCANADIAN, Texas (AP) — A cluster of wildfires scorched the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday, including a blaze that grew into one of the largest in state history, as flames moved with alarming speed an…
Tagged under: Texas | Wildfires
Exxon CEO blames public for failure to fix climate change
2024-02-28 in The HillThe world isn’t on track to meet its climate goals — and it’s the public’s fault, a leading oil company CEO told journalists. Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Darren Woods told editors from …
Tagged under: Exxon | Climate Change Denial and Disinformation | Disinformation and Misinformation
EU lawmakers to Biden: We don’t need more US natural gas
2024-01-25 in The HillBig oil is trying to make Europe “the excuse” for an unnecessary and planet-heating expansion in gas exports, 60 members of the European Parliament wrote in a Tuesday letter to President Biden. The…
Tagged under: Sustainability
Fed Chair Powell is ignoring the greatest threat to our economy: climate risk
2023-11-17 in The HillGiven that there is no bigger threat to the stability of our economy than climate change, we hoped he would address our concerns.
Tagged under: Economics
House GOP approves cutting EPA budget by nearly 40 percent
2023-11-03 in The HillHouse Republicans approved legislation Friday that would slash nearly 40 percent of the budget for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The funding bill, passed by a 213-…
Court tosses EPA ban on pesticide linked to brain damage in kids
2023-11-02 in The HillA federal appeals court on Thursday is tossing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ban on a pesticide that has been linked to brain damage in children. The decision from the 8th Circuit Cou…
Tagged under: Pesticides | Women and Children
Chemical crisis: The unseen toxic threat contaminating wildlife worldwide
2023-10-28 in The HillPFAS are incredibly persistent, never breaking down in the environment and remaining in the body for years. They’re known for causing significant health problems in humans, and the adverse impacts …
Tagged under: PFAS aka Forever Chemicals | Wildlife | Health
Drought, migration and the fall of civilization: A cautionary tale
2023-10-13 in The HillSprawling civilizations, as we see, are fragile, requiring cooperation and a degree of common interest among diverse communities.
Tagged under: Drought
Biden administration cancels controversial oil leases in Alaska wildlife refuge
2023-09-06 in The HillThe Biden administration on Wednesday confirmed it will cancel seven controversial oil and gas leases in an Alaskan wildlife refuge issued at the very end of the Trump administration The admi…
Tagged under: Arctic | Wildlife | Alaska
Our most vulnerable communities are being poisoned — by the state
2023-08-25 in The HillIf poisoning predominantly Black communities with toxic emissions and industrial waste isn’t an act of racial discrimination, then what is?
Tagged under: Racism | Pollution
Catch-22: Scientific communication failures linked to faster-rising seas
2023-06-19 in The HillScientists failed for decades to communicate the coming risks of rapid sea-level rise to policymakers and the public, a new study has found. That has created a climate catch-22 in which scientists …
Tagged under: Sea Level
Climate paradox: Emission cuts could ‘unmask’ deadly face of climate change, scientists warn
2023-06-01 in The HillScientists have uncovered a potentially lethal paradox at the heart of efforts to slow human-caused climate change. A series of new studies suggest a stark truth. One the one hand, cutting fossil f…
Tagged under: Climate Change | Sustainability
Documents reveal how fossil fuel industry created, pushed anti-ESG campaign
2023-05-18 in The HillEditor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that model legislation for an “Energy Discrimination Elimination Act” was submitted by an ALEC member but rejected by ALEC…
Tagged under: Disinformation and Misinformation | Legislation | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Sustainability
Big business groups lash out at Manchin-Schumer deal
2022-07-28 in The HillLobbying groups representing large corporations swiftly criticized a revamped reconciliation deal announced by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Wedn…
Tagged under: US Politics
No miracle tech needed: How to switch to renewables now and lower costs doing it
2022-06-28 in The HillA new system could result in a 63 percent lower annual energy cost worldwide.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy
GOP-led states ask Supreme Court to block key Biden climate accounting measure
2022-04-28 in The HillA group of Republican-led states on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reinstate a court order blocking a key climate accounting measure put in place by the Biden administration amid a legal dispu…
Tagged under: Joe Biden
Temperatures in eastern Antarctica are 70 degrees warmer than usual
2022-03-18 by in The HillEastern Antarctica on Friday recorded temperatures that are 70 degrees higher than normal for this time of the year, The Washington Post reported.
Tagged under: Antarctic
A shift to clean energy would halt Russia's petro-thuggery and more
2022-02-28 by in The HillNow imagine a world where petro-states no longer have the power to blackmail other countries or impact the international price of energy.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Earth’s vast underground ‘circulatory system’ will be mapped for first time — and it’s made of fungi
2021-11-30 in The Hill“An understanding of underground fungal networks is essential to our efforts to protect the soil, on which life depends, before it is too late,” said Jane Goodall.
Tagged under: Sustainability
Why Biden's Interior Department isn't shutting down oil and gas
2021-07-23 by in The HillThe prevailing political opinion is keeping these key moderate senators happy.
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Public Opinion | US Politics
Wildfires, floods and extreme heat: It is time to heed warnings from climate scientists
2021-07-22 by in The HillThe science is clear. The impacts and costs are clear. Climate action must therefore remain at the center of current infrastructure spending proposals.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Drought | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Climate Change Impacts
Study: EPA underestimated methane emissions from oil and gas development
2021-06-29 by in The HillThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has underestimated methane emissions caused by oil and gas production by as much as 76 percent, according to research published Tuesday in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane
Our best shot to slow climate change now: Cut methane
2021-04-18 by in The HillMethane, the second biggest driver of global warming and a major contributor to air pollution, soared in 2020.
Tagged under: Methane | Climate Change
Rural Americans are the future of the clean energy economy — policymakers must catch up
2021-03-01 by in The HillIt’s time to reconsider dated stereotypes regarding which communities are leading the environmental movement and start imagining what could be accomplished if our policymakers tap into the ingenuity of rural Americans surviving on the front lines of climate catastrophe.
Tagged under: US Politics | Joe Biden | Climate Change | Climate Justice
Republicans introduce long shot bill to circumvent Biden on Keystone XL
2021-02-02 by in The HillRepublicans in both chambers of Congress are taking on a long shot bid to reinvigorate the Keystone XL pipeline after President Biden canceled a key permit for the oil pipeline project last month.
Tagged under: US Politics | Joe Biden
Groups pressure Biden to exclude fossil fuel execs from team
2020-09-01 by in The HillMore than 100 climate and advocacy groups are asking Joe Biden's presidential campaign to commit to blocking fossil fuel representatives from its transition team or administration should the former vice president wi
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Trump signs order removing environmental review of major projects
2020-06-04 by in The HillPresident Trump signed an executive order Thursday evening that would waive requirements under a suite of environmental laws, a move the administration says will boost the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Tagged under: Donald Trump
Norway refuses to drill for billions of barrels of oil in Arctic region
2019-04-09 by in The HillPoliticians in Norway have signaled a shift on their support for oil exploration in the Arctic, delivering a major blow to the country's powerful oil industry.
Tagged under: Arctic
Trump ditches coal when hyping 'revolution in American energy' in SOTU speech
2019-02-05 by in The HillPresident Trump did not mention coal when he declared Tuesday night that his administration has “unleashed a revolution in American energy” that has lead to historic energy export highs and economic grow
Tagged under: Economic Growth | Donald Trump | Coal | Economics
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