The Clean Transit for America Plan unveiled to Senate
“Too many buses spew dirty diesel. That hurts the workers, that hurts the commuters, that hurts everyone.”
Poland finalizes historic deal to phase out coal by 2049
The "historic" agreement is the first of it's kind where a "leading coal mining sector has agreed to reduce its presence."
The Yurok Tribe is using California’s carbon offset program to buy back its land
n January, the Yurok Tribe in California bought a 40-acre farm. Located next to an elementary school and the tribe’s Head Start program,...
Over a half-million Americans live near oil refineries with high levels of a cancer-causing...
More than a dozen U.S. oil refineries released the potent carcinogen benzene in 2020 at levels high enough to require action under...
Federal Appeals Court orders EPA to ban toxic pesticide Chlorpyrifos
“This ruling is a huge victory for children and communities across the country who will finally be spared by needless poisonings and lifelong learning disabilities.”
California officials shed light on Nestlé taking millions of gallons of public water
“These are people who just want to make money, but they've already dried up the upper Strawberry Creek and they've done a lot of damage.”
Walmart announces landmark pollinator health policy to protect against pesticides
The pollinator health policy will "source 100 percent of the fresh produce and floral we sell in our in-store produce department from suppliers that adopt integrated pest management practices, as verified by a third-party, by 2025."
Who’s to blame for the lawbreaking and habitat destruction in US fisheries
We disrespect the Earth’s oceans at our own peril.
Youth demand action on nature, following IUCN’s first-ever global youth summit
“So we linked our demands to our own actions through our ‘Your Promise, Our Future’ campaign and are showing world leaders what we are doing for the world and then asking them what they are going to do for us and our future.”
Scientists develop truly biodegradable plastics
While biodegradable plastics have been touted as a solution to plastic pollution, in practice they don't work as advertised.