Brandon Baker

EPA Denies Texas’ Emergency Request To Use Dangerous Herbicide On 3 Million Cotton Field Acres

Environmental groups believe the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency got it right by denying the emergency use request Texas filed in order to use hazardous herbicide propazine to kill superweeds infesting the state’s cotton.

July 24th, 2014

By Brandon Baker

EPA Denies Texas’ Emergency Request To Use Dangerous Herbicide On 3 Million Cotton Field Acres

Read Full Article

Dubai Ruler Offers $1 Million For Solar-Powered Solution to Global Water Shortage

The prize is up for grabs for institutions across the globe not just in the UAE. Sheikh Mohammed’s prize offering coincided with the establishment of UAE Water Aid Foundation.

July 18th, 2014

By Brandon Baker

A research institute stands to win $1 million from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai and vice president of the United Arab Emirates. It’s no easy task, though. Al Maktoum is searching for a sustainable solution to solve the global water

Read Full Article

Fox Founder Rupert Murdoch Explains Why Climate Change Shouldn’t Worry You

“We should approach climate change with great skepticism,” he said. “Climate change has been going on as long as the planet is here.

July 15th, 2014

By Brandon Baker

Fox Founder Rupert Murdoch Explains Why Climate Change Shouldn’t Worry You

A little bit of climate change never hurt us, if you ask Rupert Murodch.

The media and business magnate behind News Corporation and 21st Century Fox talked to Sky News Australia—which he also owns—about why the

Read Full Article

British Medical Association Becomes World’s First Health Organization to Divest From Fossil Fuels

As a result of its recent annual meeting, the British Medical Association will divest its fossil fuel investments. The vote makes the BMA the first health organization in the world to make such a decision.

July 02nd, 2014

By Brandon Baker

Divesting from fossil fuels not only makes sense, but it’s in vogue. Students are advocating for it, colleges are doing it, and now doctors are joining

Read Full Article

Carbon-Measuring NASA Satellite To Take Orbit This Week

A NASA satellite will take orbit Tuesday to help the agency better understand carbon’s role in our changing climate.

June 30th, 2014

By Brandon Baker

A NASA satellite will take orbit Tuesday to help the agency better understand carbon’s role in our changing climate. With the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, scientists can record around 100,000 measurements of

Read Full Article

U.S. House Approves Faster Natural Gas Exports

Environmental groups like the Chesapeake Climate Action Network and 350.org spent ample time and resources fighting against the expansion of LNG, particularly Cove Point, a controversial LNG export proposal from Dominion Resources less than 70 miles south of the White House

June 27th, 2014

By Brandon Baker

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that will speed up the process of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. Under the bill, sponsored by Rep. Cory

Read Full Article

Scientists Release Landmark Worldwide Assessment Detailing Effects Of Bee-Killing Pesticides

Neonicotinoids threaten “heart of a functioning ecosystem,” says report co-author.

June 25th, 2014

By Brandon Baker

Scientists Release Landmark Worldwide Assessment Detailing Effects Of Bee-Killing Pesticides

The Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA), issued by the Task Force on Systemic Pesticides, documents significant damage to bees and the environment stemming from the wide-spread use of neonicotinoid pesticides

Read Full Article