U.S. judge bars Trump administration from OKing fracking off California coast - SFChronicle.com

A federal judge barred the Trump administration Friday from approving oil companies’ requests to use the high-pressure drilling technique known as fracking in offshore wells along the Southern California coast until a review of the possible effects on endangered species and state coastal resources.

Pump jacks at the Belridge Oil Field and hydraulic fracking site which is the fourth largest oil field in California. 

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U.S. judge bars Trump administration from OKing fracking off California coast - SFChronicle.com

The many ways climate change worsens California wildfires » Yale Climate Connections

The many ways climate change worsens California wildfires

by Dana Nuccitelli



Years of record-setting California wildfires are consistent with mounting evidence of climate change as a principal factor.

Now designated as California’s deadliest fire, the still-raging Camp Fire by November 13 had led to 42 deaths, with many residents still unaccounted for and more than 7,000 structures destroyed. (Image credit: NASA)

The many ways climate change worsens California wildfires » Yale Climate Connections

Common plastics emit global warming pollution » Yale Climate Connections

All is connected...

Sarah-Jeanne Royer shows plastics from the ocean at Kamilo Point, Hawaii. (Photo credit: Olivier Poirion)

Common plastics emit global warming pollution » Yale Climate Connections

Efforts to Fight Climate Change Had a Tough Election Day | The New Yorker

Several Democrats who campaigned on climate change flipped their congressional districts, but five of seven climate-related ballot measures across the country did not go in the planet’s favor.

Photograph by Jose Carlos Fajardo / Digital First Media / Getty

Efforts to Fight Climate Change Had a Tough Election Day | The New Yorker

Keystone Pipeline XL blocked by federal judge in major blow to Trump administration - The Washington Post

At least another temporary halt...







Keystone Pipeline XL blocked by federal judge in major blow to Trump administration - The Washington Post

Opinion | We Have to Save the Planet. So I’m Donating $1 Billion. - The New York Times

If more billionaires are following we might have a chance?

Tourists in Argentina viewed the Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park in March.CreditCreditWalter Diaz/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Opinion | We Have to Save the Planet. So I’m Donating $1 Billion. - The New York Times

Mapped: nitrogen dioxide pollution around the world - Unearthed

In the last few years, governments and corporations around the world have come under increasing pressure to act on a global air pollution crisis.

In Europe, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) has been at the centre of the debate, following the dieselgate scandal and numerous legal battles faced by governments that have been shown to be in breach of legal limits.

As the World Health Organisation hosts its first global air pollution conference, new satellite data reveals the scale and spread of global NO2 on an unprecedented scale, from lignite power plants in Europe to wildfires in Africa.

Mapped against known pollution sources, it shows that NO2 pollution doesn’t come from diesel pollution alone; it is also emitted by coal, oil, gas and biomass plants as well as forest fires and crop burning.

Mapped: nitrogen dioxide pollution around the world - Unearthed