From the New York Times by Eric Lipton, Dec. 6, 2014 The letter to the Environmental Protection Agency from Attorney General Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma carried a blunt accusation: Federal regulators were grossly overestimating the amount of air pollution caused by energy companies drilling new natural gas wells in his…

From Avaaz.org Breaking news! This week, the whole world could agree to switch from fossil fuels to 100% clean energy! But polluter profiteers are lobbying hard to stop it. Climate Ministers from 195 countries are about to leave for the global summit in Peru. Let’s show them this commitment this…

By Margaret Flowers, originally posted at Popular Resistance The People’s Climate March in New York this September brought hundreds of thousands of people into the street to call for climate action. It was the largest climate march ever in the United States and it was beautiful for its energy, diversity…

Originally posted at Yahoo! Finance Sen. John Thune (R-SD), chair of the Senate Republican Conference, admitted in an Fox News interview on Sunday that human activity has likely caused some climate changes. This is a big step, though in the same segment Thune expressed negative feelings on the US-China climate…

Avaaz—meaning “voice” in several European, Middle Eastern and Asian languages—launched in 2007 with a simple democratic mission: organize citizens of all nations to close the gap between the world we have and the world most people everywhere want. Avaaz empowers millions of people from all walks of life to take…

From UPI by Brooks Hays One of the largest obstacles to the viability of renewable energy, like wind and solar power, is the process of storing and transporting the power once the energy’s been converted to electricity. That obstacle has shrunk in recent years, as technology has improved. Now, a…

By Bill McKibben, originally posted at Huffington Post, and reposted here from 350.org. 1) It is historic. John Kerry was right to use the phrase in his New York Times oped announcing the deal: for the first time a developing nation has agreed to eventually limit its emissions, which has…

Original post at The New York Times by Mark Landler China and the United States made common cause on Wednesday against the threat of climate change, staking out an ambitious joint plan to curb carbon emissions as a way to spur nations around the world to make their own cuts…

Originally posted at Popular Resistance, by Anastasia Pantsios As the participants in the Great March for Climate Action ended up in Washington, DC, on Nov. 1 after a six-month trek across the country, they joined with other environmental groups to launch a week of action under the banner Beyond Extreme Energy. The actions revolved around…

Opponents of the measure, including Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences, raised a historic $7.9 million to defeat the bill, more than any campaign in Hawaii’s history. Originally posted at Maui Civil Beat By Anita Hofschneider A Maui County ballot initiative to temporarily ban genetically engineered crops narrowly passed Tuesday following one…