The UN Food and Agriculture Organization released a report Monday saying that global food insecurity and climate change are inexorably linked. Without urgent action in the small scale agricultural sector that supports sustainable practices and access to...
A coalition of groups calling for a moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico released research today after reviewing the frequency of accidents in the oil industry – at least those that get...
A group of youth plaintiffs in Washington state are bringing their fight for a stable climate system – which they argue is a constitutional right and as inalienable as any right conceived by the...
Despite intervention from the federal government, construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline continues in North Dakota. Protesters locked themselves to construction equipment for a second day Wednesday, about 70 miles northwest of the Sacred...
In a landmark lawsuit, two non-profits are suing the Obama administration for the climate and health impacts associated with 380,000 acres of public land in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming federally leased to oil and...
In West Virginia’s coal country, a wellspring of citizen opposition to a mountaintop removal mine has caused the state to put the brakes on the entire operation. As FSRN’s Melinda Tuhus reports, residents say...
For the first time in 30 years, policies that drive federal leasing of coal on public lands are receiving a major review. The nation’s largest coal reserves in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin are the...
The Oakland City Council voted unanimously on Monday to ban the transport and storage of coal shipments. Phil Tagami, developer of the old Oakland Army base, had proposed what would have been the largest...
Climate news can often be depressing. One study after the other confirms grim “worse than we thought” predictions while policymakers take little to no action. But occasionally there are small victories to report, and...
The federal government is reviewing a program that allows for the leasing of federal lands to coal companies. The Obama administration has announced a freeze on new applications for coal mining leases for the...
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