Rim Fire the latest record-breaker in year of unrelenting disasters
As the changing climate continues to trigger disaster and disruption, California's Rim Fire, which has burned 235,841 acres, is the latest to be added to this year's list of brushfires.
California inspectors afraid to go after marijuana-growing polluters
Marijuana is the state's biggest cash crop with an estimated $14 billion in legal and illegal sales annually.
EPA fines ExxonMobil subsidiary for fracking spill
It has also ordered the company to invest at least $20 million in an improved fracking wastewater management system, which would prevent future incidents.
Devastating Quebec train crash reaffirms dangers of oil
Whether the explosion's origins lie in criminal activity or not, the train crash follows a string of oil-related disasters this year, indicating how risky oil transport is.
Keystone XL pipeline means “death” for Native Americans
The KXL project, if approved, would stretch 1,179 miles to transport tar sands oil, the dirtiest in the industry, from Canada through the U.S. Northern Plains to refineries in Texas.
Emission Impossible: Obama plans to cut carbon output
As part of a planned comprehensive climate change strategy, President Obama will announce an effort in July to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Major oil-water spill darkens Alberta, Canada
In the wetlands of northern Alberta, Canada, outside the town of Zama City, everything is stained with the thick, pungent blackness of oil.
Redwood forest suffers for Game of Thrones-style wedding
Napster and Facebook co-founder Sean Parker decided to have a $2.5 million Game of Thrones-inspired wedding right in the middle of a California redwood forest, putting the ecosystem there at risk, as well as several threatened species of fish.
Monsanto protest reaches Central Texas
Thousands of demonstrations will call out Monsanto for its seed monopoly, genetic modification of organisms, and court-sanctioned silencing of dissent.
