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#NoDAPL: Temporary Halt to Pipeline Construction; Arrest Warrant Issued for Veteran Journalist

There is good news and bad news for those fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline. First the bad news. A week ago I wrote about the outrageous attacks by security personnel on those protesting against the pipeline by using dogs and pepper spray.

The Dakota Access Pipeline will lock-in the emissions of 30 coal plants

The climate impact of the Dakota Access is significant and cannot be ignored.

Judgement Day for North Dakota’s Water Protectors

Later today the U.S. District Court in Columbia is expected to decide whether construction of the highly controversial North Dakota Access Pipeline can continue.

Our energy system has changed since 1913 – why hasn’t this subsidy?

Standard Oil has long since been broken up yet the subsidy designed to do so has only grown over its 100-year lifespan in terms of total value to the industry.

Black Lives Matter Shuts Down London’s City Airport

Activists from Black Lives Matter have shut down London’s City airport this morning in a protest about environmental racism and climate change and to protest against the UK's environmental impact on black people.

“Dakota Access uses attack dogs against Natives in the name of oil”

The contrast could not have been greater. Over the weekend, speaking on the eve of the G20 summit in Hangzhou, history was made as President Obama and Chinese President, Xi Jinping, announced that the world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases would formally ratify the Paris agreement on climate change.

Mass adoption of electric vehicles is “much sooner than most people realize”

The electric vehicle revolution is happening - and may account for 25 per cent of the global vehicle fleet by 2040.

Surprise: Climate denying lobby group releases report salivating over fossil fuels

Unless and until the U.S. Chamber of Commerce puts forth a serious alternative solution to the climate crisis, we humbly suggest you treat their report as seriously as the U.S. Chamber treats climate science itself.

“Red Flag” Over The Tar Sands’ “Elephant in the Room”

New concerns have been raised over the ecological impact of in-situ tar sands mining after research was published yesterday revealing that high pressure steaming can discharge pollutants into the environment