Environment

An EPA deal came with a promise to help communities exposed to animal emissions. That’s still unfulfilled.

“Today’s science-based decision helps ensure Washington’s promise of a livable planet for generations to come.”

Internationally there are 32 countries that have plastic bag bans in place.

"For once, we've been able to balance all the boxes and realize that the only way the Little Ice Age was so intense is ... because of the genocide of millions of people."

Not only that, but U.S. tree nurseries don’t have enough variety of species necessary to meet the goal.

Lawyers representing six Portuguese young people said the youth were being discriminated against by state inaction in cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the effects of which have been “foreseeable for decades.” 

Despite mounting climate concerns, the U.S. is set to break records in fossil fuel production, complicating international efforts to phase out these energy sources at the upcoming COP28 summit.

It took Colombia's state oil company Ecopetrol three weeks to respond to the environmental disaster.

The tribes in the Pacific Northwest are leaders in climate adaptation and have mounted multifaceted responses to the threats they face.

"The Corps' covering for the pipeline company's outrageous safety record and the reviewer's serious conflict of interest have now resulted in a failed effort," said Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairwoman Janet Alkire. "They need to start over with adult supervision."