Yearly Archives: 2026
The oil industry’s latest disaster: Trillions of gallons of buried toxic wastewater
Industry and regulators knew decades ago that injecting drilling’s toxic liquid leftovers underground wasn’t safe.
Activists are racking up wins against a false climate solution
Across North America and Europe, a movement is taking on the biomass industry and saving some of the world’s last intact forests.
Jesse Jackson’s legacy: From marching with MLK to building the Rainbow Coalition
“Jackson’s life contributed to making this country more democratic, more inclusive, more fair.”
The apocalyptic president
The personification of an imperial power (and planet) in decline.
As Democrats demand a tougher fight, new poll elevates AOC and economic populism
A New Republic and Embold Research survey finds broad unity on taxing the rich, regulating big tech, and a more aggressive posture, with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leading favorability.
Chemical giant to discontinue production of herbicide with active ingredient in Agent Orange and...
Because it contains a mix of an active ingredient in Agent Orange and glyphosate, Enlist Duo is said to be one of the most dangerous herbicides still used on food crops.
Senate Democrats demand answers after EPA moves to drop monetized health benefits from air...
Lawmakers say Trump administration policy could allow agency to sideline public health gains when weighing industry costs under the Clean Air Act.
Seattle protesters confront Amazon over ICE contracts and surveillance ties
Workers, activists, and city officials rally outside the Spheres as Amazon drops Flock partnership but faces mounting pressure to end cloud support for ICE and CBP.
Trump tries to turn Greenland into Okinawa
It’s part of the new, heightened indifference to sovereignty of the Trump administration.
Trump EPA abandons climate working group report in endangerment finding repeal
Emails from the hand-picked, secretive group of climate crisis deniers revealed flaws in their methods and “animus” toward leading scientists.