Archive for April 2022
She’s supposed to protect Americans from toxic chemicals. First, she just has to fix Trump’s mess and decades of neglect.
Biden promised to prioritize people over polluters. His pick to deliver that, Michal Freedhoff, is facing a bare-bones budget, demoralized staff, and increasingly angry advocates.
Read MoreNavigating the Geiyo Islands
These rough waters were once traversed by Japanese pirates; now they are spanned by bridges.
Read MoreCalifornia opens investigation into ‘decades-long plastics deception campaign’
The state’s attorney general argues fossil fuel companies have long known recycling is a “myth.”
Read MoreIndigenous women call for financial institutions to stop investing in extraction
Engagement isn’t an option; we must divest from these industries, they say.
Read MoreLargest solar power plant in US secures $1.3 billion in financing
This week, Primergy Solar , a subsidiary of investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners , announced that it has secured financing for its long-planned 690-megawatt (AC) Gemini solar-plus-storage project. Located in southern Nevada, the project is set to be the largest continuous solar installation in the…
Read MoreWhy are Florida manatees showing up in Cuba and Mexico?
Throughout the winter and spring of 2007, there were several curious sightings of a manatee and her calf in a power plant intake canal in the Cuban town of Santa Cruz del Norte, approximately 33 miles (54 kilometers) east of Havana. Manatees in Cuba aren’t known to frequent power plant canals. That kind of behavior […]
Chart: Renewable energy beat out nuclear in the US in 2021
Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Canary thanks Natural Power for its support of this feature. Renewable energy sources generated more power for the U.S. grid than nuclear in 2021 — for the first time ever. Renewables — including wind,…
Read MoreWorld Lost an Area of Forest the Size of Wyoming Last Year, Report Finds
Globally, an area of forest the size of Wyoming succumbed to fires, logging, or other destructive forces last year, according to new report from Global Forest Watch, a project backed by the World Resources Institute.
Read More‘Enough is enough’: California subpoenas ExxonMobil over plastic pollution
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced that his department will be undertaking a first-of-its-kind investigation to determine the role that the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries have played in the escalating global plastics crisis. The California Department of Justice is narrowing down on one company in particular: ExxonMobil, a corporation that’s previously been pegged […]
Scaling Palauan tradition to regional fisheries: Q&A with Noah Idechong
There’s no one way to describe Noah Idechong. Born in the small Pacific island country of Palau, Idechong has donned different hats over the past 40 years. He’s been a government official, an activist, a politician, a legislator, and the founder of a domestic conservation NGO. Currently, he’s the executive director for Micronesia and Polynesia […]