Yearly Archives: 2021
$1 million nurdle spill settlement shines light on plastic pollution during shipping
Small pellets, big problems.
‘A big deal’: Bill McKibben on Rutgers fossil fuel divestment & the future of...
Author, environmentalist and 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben says the Rutgers divestment decision is “a big deal,” especially as it happened at one of the oldest universities in the United States.
Biden administration restores protections for migratory birds
This move is President Joe Biden’s latest effort to swiftly roll back his predecessor’s four-year legacy of energy and environmental deregulation.
Rethinking employment in the Biden-Harris era
And my own looming job crisis...
‘Jim Crow in a suit and tie’: Georgia Senate approves massive assault on voting...
“One of the worst voter suppression bills in the country” just advanced in Georgia’s Republican-controlled legislature.
Biden overturns Trump Policy, Pushes Massive 84-Turbine Offshore Wind Farm to power all southern...
There are twelve similar projects being planned along the East Coast.
Wildfire smoke is more toxic than other forms of air pollution, study finds
“Anything we can do today to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stabilize the global climate system will have significant benefits.”
The murder of George Floyd: Officer Derek Chauvin trial set to begin as new...
“A big part of the concern is whether or not there will be any real diversity on the jury.”
The war on voting reaches home
Those who were hoping for a reprieve after voting Trump out of power are beginning to see that the fight isn’t over, nor is it going to allow us to relax into “normalcy.”
How urban planning and housing policy helped create ‘food apartheid’ in US cities
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that 54.4 million Americans live in low-income areas with poor access to healthy food.