An oil pipeline off of the Orange County coast leaked, causing an oil spill. The pipeline leaked 144,000 gallons of oil, as of October 6. The 18-mile pipeline goes from the offshore drilling platforms of Amplify Energy to a Long Beach pump station. Beta Offshore, a subsidiary of Amplify Energy, first noticed an oil sheen […]Read More
A plan by the Biden Administration aims to reduce aviation emissions by 20% by 2030 through increasing sustainable aviation fuels. But there are problems.Read More
Water shortages in the west increase as a megadrought dry up rivers, streams, and reservoirs. We must balance human demand with environmental health.Read More
Despite the unconscionable and horrifying behavior of Donald Trump and his supporters in Washington. D.C. this past week, another important event transpired deserving our attention. In one of Trump’s last gasp efforts to thwart environmental protections in the Arctic, the Bureau of Land Management executed his bidding and a decades-long GOP wet dream of opening […]Read More
This post first appeared on our sister site PlanetWatch.earth The covid-19 pandemic failed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. According to the World Meteorological Organization, global carbon emissions continue to increase. Perhaps one of the reasons is that most of the world’s electricity still comes from fossil fuels. And fossil fuel exploration and extraction continue despite the […]Read More
There is a movement that has the potential to help the world reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That movement is the rapidly growing divestment from fossil fuels. More than 1,000 institutions that represent over $8 trillion in assets have committed to divestment. By the end of 2014, only 181 institutions with $50 billion worth of assets […]Read More
If the Trump administration had an energy motto, it would be “drill, baby drill.” The administration has demonstrated its affinity for fossil fuel companies over and over. Recently, President Trump signed two executive orders that speed up the permitting process for oil and gas pipelines. It’s a decision made just a week after the KMCO […]Read More
