David Archambault II, chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe caught in the crosshairs of a $3.7 billion oil development, pledged Thursday to fight President Trump on the Dakota Access pipeline just two weeks after the Army Corps green-lighted the project’s completion. The Standing Rock Sioux’s fight against the pipeline began in 2014, when Energy Transfer Partners … [Read more...]
COP22 climate talks set 2018 deadline to agree rules
Nearly 200 nations agreed around midnight on Friday to work out the rules for a landmark 2015 global deal to tackle climate change within two years in a new sign of international support. At the end of two-week talks on global warming in Marrakesh, which were extended an extra day, many nations appealed to US President-elect Donald Trump, who has called climate change a … [Read more...]
Let’s lock in climate progress
In 67 days, President Trump could go to war with climate action. But governments are at their annual climate summit right now. If we act fast, we could get them to lock in progress before he can destroy everything we worked for. Germany, China, India, Brazil, the climate vulnerable countries, and others are reasserting their commitment to the Paris climate deal. But if … [Read more...]
What does the Trump presidency mean for climate change?
This is happening. Donald Trump is going to be president of the United States. And there’s no way around it: What he’s planning to do looks like an absolute disaster for the planet (and the people on it). Specifically, all the fragile but important progress the world has made on global warming over the past eight years is now in danger of being blown up. Trump has been … [Read more...]
