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- Trump official delays protection of endangered species at oil lobbyist's request Sat, 21 Apr 18, 3:09amA top United States Department of the Interior official appears to have used his position to delay the protection of an endangered species at the request of the oil industry...
- Solar project lending startup Wunder Capital raises $112 million as renewable energy shines Thu, 19 Apr 18, 6:57amAs renewable energy continues to gobble up more and more of the new energy capacity coming online, the solar project lending company Wunder Capital has raised $112 million in primarily debt financing to boost its business...
- North American climate boundary pushed 140 miles eastward by climate change Tue, 17 Apr 18, 2:29amA historic climate boundary which marks the division between the humid eastern region of North America and the more arid western region has deviated 140 miles to the east of its original location — thanks to climate change...
- States across the country are trying to make it illegal to plan a pipeline protest Tue, 17 Apr 18, 12:59amA new wave of bills being introduced in states such as Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota aim to criminalize the process of planning a protest against the construction of an oil or gas pipeline...
- Conservationists sound the alarm to address 'America's wildlife crisis' Fri, 30 Mar 18, 4:27amA coalition of conservationist groups have called for urgent action to address the drastic decline in American wildlife. According to the groups' recently released report, one in three animal species in the United States...
- Congress rejects Trump's renewable energy budget cuts Fri, 23 Mar 18, 2:02amCongress has reached a deal on the $1.3 trillion budget for fiscal year 2018, an agreement that does not include the cuts to clean energy demanded by the Trump Administration. President Trump's budget proposal would have...
- Trump fills his wildlife protection board with big-game trophy hunters Sat, 17 Mar 18, 1:22amA new federal advisory board commissioned to rewrite rules governing the import of hunted animal trophies has been packed by President Trump with big-game trophy hunters...
- Ford takes aim at Toyota’s hybrid market lead with its new SUV lineup Fri, 16 Mar 18, 5:00amFord detailed a bunch of its roadmap for the next few years at a special media event today, and one of the key takeaways is that it’s going all-in on hybrids with its SUV lineup...
- 26,000 tons of radioactive waste sits at the bottom of Lake Powell Wed, 7 Mar 18, 1:19amLocated on the Arizona-Utah border, Lake Powell serves the drinking water needs of 40 million people in the Southwest while welcoming over 3 million recreational visitors every year...
- Solar and wind energy could meet 80% of US electricity demand Wed, 28 Feb 18, 10:52pmFourth-fifths of the United States' electricity demand could be met with wind and solar power, according to four researchers from the Carnegie Institution for Science, University of California, Irvine (UCI), and the California...
- Trump budget proposes huge cut to EPA and climate research Wed, 14 Feb 18, 11:51pmThe Trump Administration released its fiscal 2019 budget proposal on February 12, revealing a desire to deeply cut funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
- New short film reveals how the curvature of the Earth bends straight roads Fri, 2 Feb 18, 2:01amDutch photographer and filmmaker Gerco de Ruijter has released a short film called Grid Corrections, which documents how otherwise straight road grids are bent at regular intervals to fit the curvature of the Earth...
- Fact-checking Trump's State of the Union speech on energy and climate change Thu, 1 Feb 18, 2:41amLast night, President Donald Trump took to the podium to address a nation historically divided, framing his speech as a call for unity. Despite an advertised unified front, the specific details of Trump's speech hewed closely...
- The facts about Trump's energy and climate change position from his State of the Union speech Thu, 1 Feb 18, 2:41amLast night, President Donald Trump took to the podium to address a nation historically divided, split in no small part due to the divisive president that framed his speech last night as a call for unity...
- US CO2 emissions declined during Trump's first year as president Tue, 16 Jan 18, 11:11pmWhat were United States carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions like in 2017, the first year President Donald Trump was in office? Based on preliminary estimates, the Rhodium Group said US emissions declined by just below one percent,...