During the UN climate talks it's important that people who aren’t at the conference have a voice that is heard when their governments make critical decisions related to climate change.
Russia is moving ahead with plans to drill in the Arctic (with BP at its side, no less). This is a clear wake-up call: Arctic basin countries need to create an agreement on international environmental standards for the Arctic. Because oil exploration exposes the Arctic to spills that cross artificial boundaries on a map, international …
On Monday, a court in Ecuador told Chevron it owes $8 billion for environmental contamination in the Amazon. This is Ecuador, where oil companies wield economic power and political influence. Yet, this didn’t cloud the court’s independent eye when faced with the facts of uncovered toxic waste pits in the pristine Amazon. This is Chevron, …
