Pruitt Cozies Up to Pebble Mine, Hamstrings EPA Authority
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a memo proposing to gut his own authority under the Clean Water Act to block or restrict highly destructive projects, such...
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Alaska Ad: First Quantum Was Right to Dump the Pebble Mine
Groups ran a full-page ad in the Anchorage Daily News celebrating First Quantum Minerals’ departure from the controversial Pebble Mine—a colossal gold and c...
Icelandic Whalers Kill First Fin Whale of the Season
Icelandic whalers slaughtered the first fin whale of the season yesterday, landing the whale—around 65 feet in in length—overnight at a whaling station. The...
L.A. Kids Make Waves for a Plastic-Free Ocean
Kids Ocean Day—a day that inspired nearly 4,500 Los Angeles-area children to clean up nearby beaches—celebrated its 25th anniversary last Thursday. ...
Iceland to Resume Hunt of Endangered Fin Whales
Iceland’s only fin whaling company Hvalur hf is set to resume its controversial hunt of endangered fin whales after a two-year break. Its 2018 whaling season ...
Full-Page Ad Urges First Quantum to Dump the Pebble Mine
Opponents of the Pebble Mine appeared today in Toronto at the annual meeting of First Quantum Minerals with a message for its shareholders: We will never relent...