4:39 PM 04/24/2013
Advertisements run by U.S. billionaire Donald Trump’s Scottish golf resort attacking government plans to build offshore wind farms have been declared misleading and banned by government officials.
10:47 AM 04/24/2013
Greenpeace activists boarded a coal ship heading out of Australian waters in an effort to curb coal exports.
1:54 AM 04/24/2013
The Environmental Protection Agency has jumped into battle over the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline and called the Department of State’s recent review of the controversial pipeline “insufficient,” arguing it needed to take a harder look at the environmental and climate impacts from moving Canadian tar sands oil into the U.S.
4:34 PM 04/23/2013
A U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency has the legal authority to retroactively revoke a water pollution permit for one of West Virginia’s largest mountaintop removal coal mines.
12:16 PM 04/23/2013
The Obama administration seized $21 million from the faltering electric car maker Fisker Automotive after it failed to make its first payment on $192 million in loan guarantees it received from the Energy Department.
11:28 AM 04/23/2013
Despite coming under fire for controversial green energy loans during his first term, President Obama’s proposed 2014 budget would permanently extend tax credits for renewable energy production, energy efficiency, and advanced energy manufacturing.
3:03 AM 04/23/2013
Luxury hybrid car maker Fisker Automotive has spent $660,000 in taxpayer dollars and venture capital funds for each car it sold -- totalling $1.3 billion, according to a report. The company's Fisker Karma sold for about $103,000 per vehicle, meaning the company took a hit of $557,000 every time it sold its product.
6:27 PM 04/22/2013
Countries sticking to internationally agreed upon goals to address global warming could pop the “carbon bubble” and cause another financial crisis as government policy will render oil, gas, and coal reserves held by companies unattainable, a recent study claims.
4:29 PM 04/22/2013
UCLA has taken of advantage of Earth Day this year to enact a ban on tobacco use, joining more than 1,000 other colleges and universities across the country that have also taken action against tobacco.
1:15 PM 04/22/2013
The self-described founder of a Earth Day is a convicted murderer.
10:56 AM 04/22/2013
American politicians and activists continue their push to get the United States to impose a tax on carbon dioxide emissions despite reports that Europe's carbon pricing scheme is faltering.
3:26 AM 04/21/2013
Environmental groups and a dozen cities and states are threatening to sue government regulators over delaying a controversial new rule for carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants.
2:52 PM 04/18/2013
Attorneys representing property owners in Cedar City, Utah filed a lawsuit Thursday arguing that the federal government has overstepped its constitutional bounds by preventing residents from defending their property against a massive prairie dog infestation.
11:36 AM 04/18/2013
President Barack Obama’s energy secretary nominee, Ernest Moniz, received bipartisan support from the Senate Energy Committee Thursday with 21 votes in favor and only one vote against him.
11:24 AM 04/18/2013
Ever wonder how much new environmental regulations add to your power bill? Newly introduced legislation aims to increase the transparency surrounding the costs of environmental regulations through detailing their impact on costs, jobs, and energy prices.
10:50 AM 04/18/2013
The European Union's top climate chief vowed to save the area's crumbling cap-and-trade system after carbon emission permit prices plunged earlier this year on the EU Parliament's rejection of a quick fix to the system.
11:06 PM 04/17/2013
Despite the explosion of government support for renewable energy development worldwide, the pace has been too slow to meet international climate change goals.
12:11 AM 04/17/2013
Arkansas Republican Rep. Tim Griffin wrote a letter to Exxon Mobil's CEO in support of relocating the Pegasus pipeline, which ruptured last month, citing concerns over the pipeline's close proximity to state water supplies.
5:01 PM 04/16/2013
Gina McCarthy, who has been nominated to take over as administrator of the EPA, did little during an appearance at the Senate environmental committee last week to allay concerns about the agency's perceived abuse of the Clean Water Act to shut down major local projects.
2:00 PM 04/16/2013
The European cap-and-trade market took another nose dive with carbon prices and power prices in Germany plunging to eight-year lows after the European Parliament rejected an emergency measure to buoy the EU’s carbon market.
