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It’s Time to Prove Trump Wrong Over #DAPL

Early yesterday, work restarted on the highly controversial Dakota Access pipeline, less than a day after the Trump Administration granted a final easement to allow the project to go ahead over the disputed land near the Standing Rock reservation.

Memo to Justin: No More Bromances, Please

Donald Trump supports almost none of those things Justin Trudeau claims to. So it's a big problem when they actually seem to agree on one issue – building massive new tar sands pipelines like Keystone XL.

Gas Pipeline Climate Methodology: Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Natural Gas Infrastructure

This methodology document was produced to support the findings of a series of briefings on fracked gas pipelines in the Appalachian Basin.

As Ex and Current EPA Staff Urge Congress to Reject Pruitt; GOP Introduces Law to “Eliminate” Agency

Hundreds of current and former staff at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are urging Congress to reject current Oklahoma Attorney General, Scott Pruitt, from becoming the head of the Agency.

Could Climate Villain Exxon Walk Free?

Last year Exxon was on the ropes, reeling from public exposure of decades of deceit on climate. Now, things are looking up. But who will have the last say?

Tillerson “to be Confirmed as Secretary of State” today

Later today, it is expected that Rex Tillerson, the ex-boss of Exxon, will be confirmed as America’s 69th Secretary of State.

#ShutItDown Trials Begin: “We must stop the fossil fuel industry in its tracks”

Yesterday the trial opened of Ken Ward, a climate activist and co-founder of the Climate Disobedience Center, who risks spending 30 years in prison for shutting down a pipeline carrying tar sands crude last October.

Trudeau Has a “Choice Between KXL and Canada’s Climate Commitments”

As we enter Trump’s second full week in office, one thing has become extremely clear: we face the most hard-line anti-environmental, anti-women, anti-LGBT, anti-immigrant, xenophobic and inherently racist administration in decades in the US.

A California Climate Test?

All is not lost for the climate test. A climate test could be applied at all levels of government, including at the state level. One state where such a policy appears ripe for formulation is California.