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The Future of the American Auto Industry's Carbon Footprint
Environmental advocates are charging up for battle with President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is expected to weaken fuel economy standards for cars and light-duty trucks. The automotive industry...

Shell Knew, Too: Decades of Climate Lies
By Nadia Prupis Oil giant Shell also knew of the dangers of climate change decades ago, while it continued to lobby against climate legislation and push for fossil fuel development, a joint...

5 Futuristic Innovations For a Greener World
Green technology has helped our economy move forward. It’s given us jobs, new ideas, and reinstated our spirit of invention. But sometimes, green gadgets come in odd and unique forms....

Closing of Ringling Bros. Circus Reflects Changing Attitudes Toward Performance Animals
The circus is leaving town. After nearly 150 years in business, the “greatest show on earth,” Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is “sealing its tent” for good, and...

Forget the GDP -- By Focusing on Wildlife Conservation, We Can Maximize Happiness
We’ve been trying to convince policymakers about the link between wildlife conservation and human wellbeing for a long time,” Beth Allgood, U.S. Country Director for the International Fund for Animal...

French Startup Rents Christmas Trees That Are Later Replanted or Recycled
By Laure Hänggi / Translated By Kerstin Trimble To consider Christmas trees more than simple consumables, but rather living beings in their own right – that is the thought behind the concept...

Will 2017 Be a Positive Year for Renewable Energy?
What’s happening with renewable energy in the United States? It seems solar power can’t make up its mind about being at the top or the bottom, and reactions to renewable...

CalSTRS Green Investments Grow
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has been an international leader in green investments and pushing for corporate accountability on environmental and climate issues. CalSTRS recently released their tenth...

Riding The Back of a Whale to Sustainable Prosperity
In the late 1980s, the New Zealand seaside settlement of Kaikōura was in trouble. The economy was in decline, and many jobs had been lost in industries such as fishing,...

Shailene Woodley & Sustainable Companies Honored at 2016 Global Green Awards
LOS ANGELES - The stars of sustainability and celluloid joined forces last night in the city’s historic Alexandria Ballrooms. Global Green, the U.S. arm of Green Cross International, rolled out...
Documents: How Big Oil Pushed to Make Dakota Access-Style Permitting a New Normal
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog In the two months leading up to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to issue to the Dakota Access pipeline project an allotment of Nationwide 12 permits (NWP)...
This Trump Aide Stands to Profit from the Dakota Access Pipeline
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog Continental Resources — the company founded and led by CEO Harold Hamm, energy adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign and potential U.S. Secretary of Energy under a Trump presidency —...