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EPA Finding on Fracking's Water Pollution Disputed by Its Own Scientists
Panel finds little basis in EPA's 1,000-page study for claim that fracking has not led to 'widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water.'Anti-fracking activists rally at the U.S. EPA building in...
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350,000 Sign Petition Asking for Federal Probe of Exxon
House Democrats also announced they are planning a broader probe into other fossil fuel companies and their climate research.Credit: Scott Olson/Getty ImagesEnvironmental leaders delivered a petition...
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With Pipeline Stopped, Fight Ramps Up Against 'Keystone of the Great Lakes'
Groups are urging State Dept. scrutiny of an Enbridge pipeline they say is moving twice the amount of tar sands oil into the U.S. than it's permitted for.Construction of the Alberta Clipper pipeline is...
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California Attorney General Urged to Investigate Exxon Over Climate
A decade-old law in California grants the attorney general sweeping investigative and prosecutorial powers to pursue securities violations.California's attorney general, Kamala Harris (pictured), is...
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Congresswoman Defends NOAA Scientists From Lamar Smith 'Witch Hunt'
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson sends Lamar Smith, chair of the House science committee, a blistering critique of his 'ideological crusade.'House science committee chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) is seen here...
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Alberta's New Climate Plan: What You Need to Know
Home of the tar sands aims to cut emissions and tax carbon, a sign of Canada’s new direction heading into the Paris climate talks.A flag is pictured as protesters demonstrate against the exploration of...
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There Was No Global Warming 'Hiatus,' 40-Study Review Concludes
The new findings cast additional doubt on studies that found a pause in climate change.Credit: REUTERS/Toussaint KluitersAnother scientific analysis has debunked the theory that global warming stalled...
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What Chemicals Are Used in Fracking? Industry Discloses Less and Less
Companies that report their hydraulic fracturing chemicals to FracFocus have become less forthcoming since 2013, finds a study of 96,000 disclosures.Marcellus shale gas drilling site in...
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Exxon Made Deep Cuts in Climate Research Budget in the 1980s
The cuts ushered in a five-year hiatus in peer-reviewed publication by its scientists and the era when the company first embraced disinformation.Pictured here is the Esso Atlantic tanker, where Exxon's...
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Sputtering Corporate Effort to Save Forests Highlights a Big Issue for Paris...
Two new reports underscore how important Paris climate talks could be for accelerating efforts to end deforestation, a major contributor to climate change.Credit: REUTERS/Hans ter Steege/Handout via...
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Clean Energy Could Fuel Most Countries by 2050, Study Shows
The main barriers to 100% energy from solar, wind and water sources are 'social and political,' said Mark Z. Jacobson, lead study author. Workers walk among newly installed solar panels at a solar...
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Paris Climate Talks Aim for a New Starting Line to a Low-Carbon Future
The success of a global treaty being negotiated by world leaders over the next few weeks won’t be determined instantly, will take years to change course.President Barack Obama talks to China's...
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More Exxon Documents Show How Much It Knew About Climate 35 Years Ago
Papers show the contrast between Exxon's initial statements about climate change and its later efforts to deny the fossil fuel-global warming link.A Mobil logo is painted on a storage tank at the Exxon...
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Companies Could Pay 'Talent Tax' for Ignoring Climate Change, Survey Suggests
One in 5 business school students says they won't work for a company that has bad climate and environmental practices.According to a new survey of business school students, corporations could be...
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Columbia Dean Issues Forceful Defense Against Exxon's Misconduct Allegations
'I have concluded that your allegations are unsupported by evidence,' Dean Steve Coll wrote in his letter to Exxon executive Kenneth Cohen.Statue in front of the Columbia University Graduate School of...
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More than $3.4 Trillion in Assets Vow to Divest from Fossil Fuels
The list of institutions committed to ridding their portfolios of at least some fossil fuel interests has surged in recent months, organizers say.Executive director of 350.org May Boeve (on the left)...
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Vote to Help InsideClimate News Get Funding
Chosen as one of three nonprofits to receive funding in December from CREDO Mobile, we need your help to increase our share.Vote for InsideClimate News to get funding from CREDO.InsideClimate News has...
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Exxon Likely to Miss NY Climate Probe Deadline
Delivering four decades of documents may take into 2016 as state attorney general continues investigation of Exxon's climate research and communications.Exxon Mobil chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson...
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Financial Industry Faces Daunting Transformation for Climate Deal to Succeed
Business leaders including Michael Bloomberg argue that a carbon-free world can only happen if the global economy leads the move away from fossil fuels.Former Vice President Al Gore speaks at an event...
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Paris Climate Talks: What's at Stake for the World's Coasts
Infographic outlines how sea level rise triggered by climate change will permanently alter coastlines and how much the resulting damage will cost.People travel on a boat as they move to safer places...
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