Dow drops its oldest member, Exxon, after nearly a century
“Big Oil has fallen. Our job is to make sure they don't take us down with them.”
Sierra Club to DNC chairman: End tax breaks and subsidies for fossil fuel companies...
"The future of our planet depends on it. It’s past time to end fossil fuel subsidies."
The Atlantic Ocean contains at least 10 times more plastic pollution than previously estimated
Hopefully, with this new research, policymakers can make moves to stop plastic pollution that is harming marine life, the environment, and ultimately us.
Michigan agrees to $600 million settlement in Flint water crisis
“If money is how government expresses sorrow for its crimes — this is a big apology.”
Scientist find microplastics in human organs giving activists more ammo to demand change in...
“It would be naive to believe there is plastic everywhere but just not in us.”
Community-based farms rise to the occasion as big food supply chains stall
Organic CSA farms like Massaro in Connecticut have been able to nimbly reorient marketing and production to serve the urgent needs of their communities.
Trump administration finalizes two rules that ease methane gas regulations
While environmentalists and large oil companies including Shell, BP and ExxonMobil oppose the changes to the rules, the Trump administration said the move will benefit smaller producers.
Big oil faces mounting legal battles over climate threats to its New England Oil...
The communities surrounding these terminals are constantly at risk of being inundated with a stew of oil and toxic materials."
Seafood study finds plastic in 100% of samples
"From the edible marine species tested, sardines had the highest plastic content, which was a surprising result."
Trump’s EPA finalizes rollback of methane emissions rules
“This damaging new rule won't save fossil fuel corporations, it won't bring the U.S. closer to energy independence, and it won't protect people from dangerous air pollution.”