Are Wooden High-Rises the Real Deal?

By Renee Lewis Source Earther.com Wooden skyscrapers are fast becoming a trend in sustainable construction, with dozens planned across the … More

The inside story of how this U.S. city just denied the world’s largest methanol plant

[Wikipedia] [Source: Fusion.net] By Renee Lewis TACOMA, Wash. – Local residents in the Pacific Northwest town of Tacoma, Wash., celebrated … More

Engaging local peoples helps climate-shielding forests, study says

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Feb. 3, 2014 Just after the recent Paris climate talks pinpointed tropical … More

Detroit refinery poised to increase air pollution to make cleaner fuel

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Jan. 6, 2016 A Detroit refinery’s plan to increase pollutant emissions — … More

Political will, not wealth, key to real improvements in energy efficiency

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Dec. 21, 2015 At the end of this year, the targets set … More

Indigenous groups want changes to plan for Amazon biodiversity corridor

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Oct.7, 2015 Indigenous leaders representing some 250 Amazon Basin tribes said Tuesday that … More

New climate report says Earth in hotter water

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / July 16, 2015 Sea levels, greenhouse gases and both land and sea … More

Exxon knew of human role in climate change in 1981, then funded denial

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / July 9, 2015 Exxon deliberately deceived the public about the human impact on … More

Tar sands protest group appeals to Obama after 3 members jailed

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Feb. 7, 2014 President Barack Obama traveled to Michigan’s Ingham County on … More

Environmentalists say strong legal case could derail Keystone XL permit

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Feb. 1, 2014 Environmental groups vowed Saturday to challenge the legality of … More