Author: Erin Elizabeth

WASHINGTON, DC – A press release from Greenpeace released Thursday says the largest bank in Norway, DNB, sold its assets in the Dakota Access pipeline. They say this decision was the result of 120,000 signatures from Greenpeace Norway and others to DNB, urging the bank and other financial institutions to pull finances from the project. Full press release from Greenpeace: November 17, 2016 Largest bank in Norway sells its assets in Dakota Access pipeline Washington, DC – The largest bank in Norway, DNB, has announced that it has sold its assets in the Dakota Access pipeline. The news follows...

Over the last couple of decades, smartphones, laptops, and many other electronic screens have become brighter and bluer due to the addition of powerful blue LEDs. During the day when blue light is plentiful, a little extra exposure from electronic screens doesn’t make much of a difference to our physiology. However, more and more people are staring into bright blue screens late into the night. In 2014 the National Sleep organization found that 89 percent of adults and 75 percent of children in the U.S. have at least one electronic device in their bedroom, and a large number of...

It seems that, much to the chagrin of Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy, Tampa Electric Co., Gulf Power, and some nonprofits heavily funded by Exxon Mobil and the Koch brothers, that Floridians are smarter than they were assumed to be. On November 8th, voters rejected Amendment 1 which would have severely limited Floridians future solar choices. Crafted with the sole intent of trickery, the “Consumers for Smart Solar” sought to restrict and monopolize the burgeoning solar industry. The absolute last thing they wanted was free-market competition. In fact, they put $22 million out for Amendment 1 to protect...