Saturday, May 18, 2024

The rise and rise of green politics

Alongside the flag-waving surge of right wing and extreme right wing groups, political parties concerned with environmental issues are on the rise.

Trump’s EPA to roll back Obama-era clean water regulations

Today the Trump administration is expected to repeal an Obama-era clean water regulation that had limited the amount of pollution and chemicals...

The EPA will end mammal testing by 2035

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pledged Tuesday to "aggressively reduce animal testing" and to end funding for mammal tests by 2035. The move makes...

The Pompeo Doctrine

Donald Trump got the headlines as usual -- but don’t be fooled. It wasn't Trumpism in action this August, but what we...

California fights back against Trump administration’s plans to frack and drill in the state

“We do not want fracking. We do not want new oil wells in San Luis Obispo County.”

Japan plans to release Radioactive Fukushima wastewater into Pacific Ocean

Japan’s environmental minister recommended yesterday the country should release more than one million tons of radioactive wastewater from Fukushima’s nuclear power plant...

First major U.S. insurance company to stop insuring and investing in coal

It seems like every day there is a new story of a pipeline spilling crude oil or an oil refinery exploding. How...

Nearly 1,000 Amazon workers will walk out and join Global Climate Strike

"As a leader, we need to reach zero first and not be a company who slides in at the last possible deadline,”

NOAA directed staffers not to contradict Trump on misleading Dorian claims

“The job just got harder because of this issue.”

GE’s climate hypocrisy: Building coal plants while touting clean energy

“GE is quietly backing over a dozen dirty coal power plants overseas."