Coal comeback? Trump plan would breathe new life into aging power plants – USA TODAY

CLOSE President Donald Trump continues to dismantle Obama administration efforts to combat coal, gas and oil emissions even as world leaders are set to gather in Poland to fine tune the 2015 landmark global climate deal reached in Paris. (Nov….

Since Father-Son Duo Designed Revolutionary ‘Honey on Tap’ Beehive, There Are 51,000 New Bee Colonies

Now in honor of National Pollinator Week, the inventors are donating thousands of dollars to honeybee conservation groups.

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‘The Story of Water: Who Controls the Way We Drink?’

The latest video from The Story of Stuff dives into the world of privatized water systems and why this impinges on a basic human right.

ADVOCACY: Extinction Rebellion postpones Heathrow drone protest plan

The environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion has postponed a plan to shut down London’s Heathrow Airport with drones after it was criticized by politicians and police.

Is it time to retire ‘climate change’ for ‘climate crisis’? – Grist

Get your daily dose of good news from Grist Subscribe to The Beacon The phrase “climate change” doesn’t cut it anymore, according to a growing group of media organizations. The reasoning? Climate change and global warming are too neutral, too…

Radical action needed to hit UK’s zero-carbon target | Letters

Theresa May is deceiving us, either deliberately or through ignorance, with regard to the goal of reducing carbon emissions to zero by 2050 (May puts 2050 zero emission target into law, 12 June). This is impossible for any economy based…

Will climate change kill everyone — or just lots and lots of people? – Vox.com

Is climate change going to end human civilization for good, and so soon that we may as well not bother saving for retirement? That’s the theory put forward in a recent viral Vice post: “New Report Warns ‘High Likelihood of…

ADVOCACY: Influential Seattle foundation calls it quits

The Bullitt Foundation in Seattle plans to bestow its last dollar five years from now, ending a decadeslong run as one of the Pacific Northwest’s best-known environmental charities.

WILDFIRES: Wyo. expects less severe season than last year’s

Average conditions are predicted for the Wyoming wildfire season this year, but officials say they expect the season to be less severe than last year.

NORTH CAROLINA: Utility limits water use in moderate drought

Lack of rainfall in southeastern North Carolina is prompting the utility providing drinking water to about 200,000 customers around Wilmington to impose restrictions on the use of water.