US Plans Its First Megadam In 40 Years
Later this month, Alaskan authorities will file plans in Washington DC for a 213-metre megadam on one of the country’s last remaining wild rivers: the Susitna.
EPA Implicates Fracking In Pollution
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday for the first time that fracking, a controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells, may be to blame for causing groundwater pollution.
Waiting on climate is escapism: top UN scientist
Leaders who wait for further evidence about the perils of greenhouse gases are flirting with escapism, the head of the UN’s Nobel-winning climate scientists says.