Thursday, March 28, 2024

A ‘historic day’ as federal judge orders shutdown and removal of Dakota Access Pipeline

This is the first time a federal judge has closed an operating pipeline for environmental reasons.

Federal appeals court rules against EPA, affirms Clean Air Act protections

"EPA can no longer look the other way while states unlawfully exempt industrial polluters from vitally important air pollution control requirements.”

From COVID-19 to climate change, human overpopulation is the big white elephant in the...

Experts warn that continued world population growth will make things worse.

‘Incredibly reckless’: Trump moves to expand fossil fuel drilling in Alaska’s Western Arctic Region

"Opening more of the Arctic to drilling and fracking is incredibly reckless."

Temperatures reach record heights in the Arctic Circle this past weekend

“The Arctic is believed to be warming twice as fast as the global average.”

Trump’s EPA rolls back regulation of chemical linked to brain damage in infants that...

“Is this what the Environmental Protection Agency has come to?”

Bipartisan senators praise passage of Great American Outdoors Act

“Years of bipartisan work have led to this moment and this historic opportunity for conservation.”

‘Shell must not get away with this’: Niger Delta still waiting for big oil...

Titled "No Clean-Up, No Justice," the new report explains that for "more than five decades, the people of Ogoniland, in the Niger Delta, have struggled against oil pollution, destruction of the environment and human rights violations."

Sen Bernie Sanders calls out GOP for inadequately addressing police violence in new bill

“Now is not the time to think small or respond with superficial, bureaucratic proposals.”

Great American Outdoors Act passes through Senate

"Passage of the Great American Outdoors Act will move us one step closer to fulfilling the LWCF’s promise and secure the future of our parks and public lands for the next generation."