Environment &amp; Climate News

Democratic Presidential Contenders Push for Climate ‘Stress Test’ Requirement on Banks

February 14, 2020

By Kenneth Artz

Several Democratic presidential candidates want the federal government to require periodic “stress tests” on large banks to ensure they can handle potential economic blows from climate change.

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Bird Conservation Groups Sue over Lake Erie Industrial Wind Facility

February 13, 2020

By Kenneth Artz

Two bird conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit claiming federal agencies did not follow federal law during the approval process for the Icebreaker Wind industrial facility on Lake Erie.

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New York Overrides Municipal Ban on Industrial Wind Facility, Impacts Eagle Population

February 13, 2020

State Regulators in New York approved a 124-megawatt Bluestone industrial wind facility, despite strong objections from the Delaware Otsego Audubon Society and a last-minute zoning ordinance enacted by the Town of Sanford to block the project.

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Federal Government Rejects Effort to Ban Bear Baiting on Federal Lands in Idaho and Wyoming

February 11, 2020

By H. Sterling Burnett

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service asked the U.S. District Court in Idaho to dismiss a lawsuit filed by environmental groups demanding federal authorities ban black bear hunting using bait in national forests in Idaho and Wyoming.

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Trump Administration Proposes Opening Alaskan National Petroleum Reserve to Oil and Gas Production

February 7, 2020

By Kenneth Artz

The Trump administration proposed opening most of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to oil and gas production, reversing an Obama-era plan that closed much of the reserve.

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Nebraska County Puts Hold on Wind Facility Development

February 6, 2020

The Hamilton County, Nebraska Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to place a six-month hold on all applications for wind turbine projects in the county.

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Climate Science Was Corrupted, Says Award Winning Climate Scientist

February 6, 2020

By Timothy Ball, H. Sterling Burnett

Politics has corrupted climate science, with scientists in the field ignoring evidence a climate crisis is not occurring.

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Partners in Liberty: The Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)

February 4, 2020

The Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) was founded in 1985 to promote a positive, alternative voice on environmental and development issues within the United States and internationally.

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Federal Court Rules U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Responsible for Damages from Houston Area Flooding

January 24, 2020

A Federal court has ruled in favor of property owners who sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for damages to property resulting from the overflow of reservoirs designed and managed by the Army Corps, located in suburbs west of Houston, Texas.

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