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Paris Proposes Ban on All Internal Combustion Cars by 2030

Officials in Paris have announced they plan to banish all gasoline and diesel cars by 2030

1,200 Dead; Up to 41 Million Affected in Asian Flooding

As much of the North American media focuses on the ongoing unprecedented flooding and relief efforts in Texas and now potentially Louisiana, another tragedy is unfolding, which is going largely unreported, in Asia.

60,000 Suicides in India “Linked to Climate Change”

Three studies published today on climate change paint a bleak picture on how global warming is already affecting us now, how it could affect us in the future and how the window for action is seriously running out.

Trump Just Weaponized U.S. Energy Policy Against Alaskans

A move by Sec. Zinke on behalf of President Trump exposes some truly dangerous views in the administration and should put Trump’s entire energy policy under further scrutiny, not to mention their scruples and care for our democracy.

The “Expendables” Fight Back In Toxic Coal Ash Suit

"I call them ‘the expendables'. These men were treated like collateral damage, and they fell between the cracks in this toxic place.”

Trump’s energy week looks a lot like his health care bill. Disastrous.

Trump's energy week and health care bill have a lot in common. Both would redistribute wealth up from ordinary Americans to the wealthiest. Both would make people sick. Both would cost lives.

Trump to “Sledgehammer” the EPA With Drastic Cuts

Earlier today, President Donald Trump unveiled his first budget blueprint, and as predicted, he is proposing radical cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of just under a third.

Ban Oil Trains Now. No Excuses.

The Obama Administration has chosen to prioritize the transport of oil and the profits of oil companies ahead of the safety of residents. The industry's justifications are no longer true, if in fact they ever were. It is high time to ban crude oil transportation by rail.

More Evidence Links Fracking to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

For some time now scientists have been warning about the dangers of fracking and toxic chemicals and how they might include carcinogens, reproductive toxicants and what are known as endocrine disrupting chemicals or EDCs.

California Methane Leak “Will Take Months” to Fix

It is increasingly being seen as America’s worst environmental disaster since BP's Deepwater Horizon blowout in 2010 and has led to thousands of people being evicted from their homes.