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For Earth Day 2023, how to put your best travel foot forward

Forrest Brown, CNN • April 22, 2023

CNN– The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. We mark it again this Saturday. Decades after that optimistic first event, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reminds us...

From Keystone XL to Paris Agreement, Joe Biden signals a shift away from fossil fuels

Matt Egan, CNN Business • January 20, 2021

(CNN) -- America's energy policy is getting an extreme makeover.President Joe Biden is wasting no time undoing the Trump administration's efforts to prop up fossil fuels and deny the existence of...

Guest Column: Environmental sensitivity 101

Sarah Hines and Kaitlyn Boniecki • April 13, 2016

Earth: The third planet from the sun. Filled with an abundance of life and covered by vast oceans. Also known as our home.However, she is in danger, and we are at fault.Climate change is real; it is happening...

Opinion: Fossil fuel has an expiration date

Albert Fisler • November 2, 2014

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a stark report that if most of the world’s electricity is not produced from low-carbon sources by 2050, it will cause serious and permanent damage...

Letter to the editor: Who owns our resources?

Kathy Schumann • October 26, 2014

Why are we drilling for more oil when it is polluting the atmosphere and causing more oil spills and earthquakes? Just go down a couple levels and the answer is money.The oil and gas industry has made...