Vail Resorts targets zero emissions by 2030

Can the Colorado-based ski company lead the industry to a sustainable future? Staff Report In what may be a game-changer for the ski industry, Vail Resorts has announced that it wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its operations to zero by 2030, a goal even more ambitious than the global targets of the 2015

Is offshore drilling coming to a beach near you?

No ocean safe from Trump’s fossil fuel agenda Staff Report Environmental attorneys are going to be busy the next few years under an onslaught of proposed fossil fuel development projects, including offshore oil and gas drilling. As part of the Trump administration’s misguided push for “energy dominance,’ the federal government is preparing to create a

Nevada restores solar net metering

New law provides more certainty for energy markets Staff Report Nevada’s shifting energy policy may be a microcosm of wider U.S. policy, as Gov. Bill Sandoval this week signed a bill that reinstates net metering for photovoltaic solar power systems. The Nevada Public Utilities Commission eliminated net metering in late 2015, which created uncertainty in

Seismic blasting once again threatens East Coast environment

Defying local communities, Trump seeks to open area for oil drilling Staff Report In the bizarro alt-reality universe of Trumpistan, there’s nothing like celebrating the world’s oceans by opening them up for oil drilling — and that’s just what the oil-stained kleptocrat wants to do by authorizing five companies to search for oil off the

Adding insult to injury, U.S. taxpayers subsidize climate-disrupting fossil fuel industry with $7 billion per year

New report breaks down public cost of supporting oil and coal Staff Report The as-yet barely checked use of fossil fuels is rapidly disrupting the global climate and to add insult to injury, taxpayers around the world are supporting the damage with huge subsidies, as well as tax breaks and loopholes. A new report from

Federal court pauses Clean Power Plan case

U.S. policy in turmoil as Bonn climate summit approaches Staff Report The future of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan is still up in the air, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has put a hold on legal proceeding pending the new administration’s review. The Clean Power Plan developed under the Obama

Trump administration starts push for more offshore drilling

Prospects for new executive order are unclear and legal challenges await Staff Report Donald Trump’s retro administration is taking another step backward by attempting to re-open parts of the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans, as well as the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, for offshore oil drilling. The executive order announced by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke

Alaska’s senators want more offshore drilling in Arctic waters

GOP assault on the environment continues Staff Report Environmental protections are under attack on every front and the far North is no exception. Alaska’s senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both Republicans, appear willing to risk fragile ocean environments for a few more petrodollars, so they’ve opportunistically introduced a bill that would expand oil and

Conservation advocates start building legal resistance to Trump’s environmental wrecking crew

Lawsuit aims to maintain moratorium on federal coal leasing based partly on climate impacts By Bob Berwyn As Trump’s sputtering political bulldozer takes aim at public lands, the environment and the climate, conservation advocates are preparing to throw up a few legal roadblocks that could delay for years implementation of the administration’s anti-environmental agenda. The

Global CO2 emissions flat for 3d year in a row

U.S. emissions at 1992 level, according to IEA report Staff Report Carbon dioxide emissions from the world’s biggest economies — the U.S. and China — dropped in 2016 and didn’t grow in Europe, showing that economic growth can occur without an increase in heat-trapping pollution, according to the latest emissions report from the International Energy