Rick Heede News Today

Speaking with Carly Phillips, a research scientist with the UCS Science Hub for Climate Litigation, about holding companies accountable for western wildfires.

Professor Jennifer Jacquet examined the top 35 meat and dairy companies—which together, account for a large percentage of greenhouse gas emissions—and found that half aren't even measuring their impact.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) - An op/ed recently written by a Democratic lawmaker in Washington State is raising questions about the state's possible plans to file a major lawsuit targeting Big Oil.

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - "Attribution science" - defined as a branch of climatology that attempts to link and quantify extreme weather events to the human influence on climate - is expected to be in focus at the 26th world summit on climate change (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland where world leaders, including President Biden and a cadre of his cabinet members, have gathered.

Jeremy Swanson/courtesy photo Aspen Skiing Co. says its plant that converts methane from a coal mine into electricity has proven to be an environmental and economic success since it opened in November 2012. Skico this week released the first progress report on the plant at the Elk Creek Mine at Somerset, which is in Gunnison County on the west side of McClure Pass. The company invested $5.34 million on the clean-energy technology with an expectation of recouping the funds within 10 to 15 years...