Quantcast
Channel: InsideClimate News
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 452 View Live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Is Coal Ash Killing This Oklahoma Town?

The people of Bokoshe, Okla., breathe coal ash being dumped nearby every day. They believe it's causing widespread health problems and a rise in cancer deaths.Cancer has ravaged the families of...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Texas Officials Have Photos of Flood-Related Oil Spills, but No Record of Any...

Massive oil spills during Texas' flooding in 2015 were captured by aerial photographs, but were not recorded, or treated, as spills by the state. One of the apparent oil spils that occurred during...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Exxon Sues a Second Attorney General To Fight Off Climate Fraud Probe

The company asks a federal court in Texas to block the investigation by Massachusetts prosecutors, citing its constitutional rights."The First Amendment does not protect false and misleading statements...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

'Threat Map' Aims to Highlight the Worst of Oil and Gas Air Pollution

Two activist groups used government data to show 12.4 million people in the U.S. live within a half-mile of an oil and gas facility—and its pollution.An oil field in Long Beach, Calif. sits in the...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Antarctica’s CO2 Level Tops 400 PPM for First Time in Perhaps 4 Million Years

Greenhouse gas emissions have 'changed our planet to the very poles,' researchers say in announcing the milestone reading. The British Antarctic Survey's Clean Air Sector laboratory measures...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Q&A: This Professor Talks Climate Change in the Oil Industry's Training Ground

Many of his students go on to careers in oil and gas extraction in a world that needs to keep fossil fuels in the ground.University of Texas at Dallas professor John Geissman at work on a coring...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Oil Industry Satellite for Measuring Climate Pollution Set to Launch

Group backed by Canada's government and major oil producers hopes GHGSat more accurately reads methane and carbon emissions in Alberta and beyond.A large excavator loads a truck with oil sands at a...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Without Emissions Cuts, Summer Heat Will Get Even Deadlier

New study shows dangerously hot summers will become the norm across much of the globe unless greenhouse gas emissions are significantly reduced.Heat waves, like the one that baked India this year, will...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Protesters Arrested for Blocking Railroad in Call for Oil-by-Rail Moratorium

Arrests come as Oregon's governor and others urge the Obama administration to ban oil trains in that state after a fiery crash in the Columbia River gorge.A group of protesters block an oil train in...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

For Virgin Islands, Being on the Frontlines of Climate Impacts Is Grounds for...

Facing an existential threat from climate change helps explain why the territory's AG is investigating ExxonMobil's record of discrediting climate science.A man walks through the debris after a...

View Article
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 452 View Live