Thursday, May 21, 2026

‘Reckless’ coal companies moving forward with new mines and plants, report finds

The majority of the new mining projects being planned were in China, India, Australia, Russia and South Africa.

Jerry Brown lashes out at COP23 climate protesters: “Let’s put you in the ground”

Activists interrupted Brown at the U.N. climate conference calling to keep fossil fuels in the ground and pursue more radical solutions.

Biden administration reverses Trump-era policy that opened new oil development in Arctic Alaska

The Biden administration will revert to "a 2013 Obama administration plan issued that protected about half of the reserve."

Why words matter in the fight against climate change

Climate communications expert, Genevieve Guenther, speaks on how climate change reporting has evolved, and her recommendations for how to encourage climate action.

BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused $17.2 billion in environmental damage to the Gulf...

Seven years ago yesterday, a blowout at an ultra-deepwater well operated by British oil giant BP in the Gulf of Mexico caused an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig and ultimately led to 134 million gallons of oil spewing into the Gulf.

House passes PFAS Action Act which protects environment and human health

“We are one step closer to protecting the health of Americans from these toxic forever chemicals.”

Not just Standing Rock: Pipelines threaten native lands across the country

‘We are probably going to have to resist one pipeline at a time for many decades to come, and maybe longer,’ a Cherokee researcher tells MintPress as a Ramapough Lunaape chief says, ‘We need help now.’

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé are worst plastic polluters of 2020, have made ‘zero progress,’ new...

"The world's top polluting corporations claim to be working hard to solve plastic pollution, but instead they are continuing to pump out harmful single-use plastic packaging."

Losing home: Climate change is forcing Native communities from their homes

As rising waters eat away the land beneath their feet, many Native communities are turning into climate refugees.

The research is in: Stop fracking asap

Science. Evidence. Facts. Do these even matter anymore in U.S. policy? They should — especially when it comes to issues that affect...