Environmental education is falling short. Activism can help
n an environmental studies class in a secondary school in a South African township, the teacher takes the students outside into the...
Toxic forever chemicals found in almost 75 percent of stain and waterproof gear sold...
Nearly three-quarters of water- and stain-resistant products contain toxic forever chemicals, a new report has found.
Public health and...
EU scientists and politicians clash over gas and nuclear as ‘sustainable’ investments
Scientific experts have reiterated what they have been saying since the beginning: gas and nuclear have no place in the taxonomy.
Earthquakes. Drought. Geysers. Permian oilfield water woes pile up in west Texas
At 8:00 a.m. Eastern on January 21, a magnitude 3.4 earthquake shook Culberson County in West Texas midway between Odessa and El...
High amounts of a toxic forever chemical found in bloodstreams of West Virginia county...
The report found the chemical, which is used in firefighting foam, in the blood of residents in a community located near an Air National Guard base.
Over 450 climate scientists say advertising industry must end ‘complicity’ in climate crisis
The scientists say that they are “consistently faced with a major and needless challenge” of having to correct false information and rebut the fossil fuel industry’s efforts to downplay the severity of climate change.
EPA to require Midwestern utilities clean up coal ash waste
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold utilities in several Midwestern states accountable for coal ash waste. The agency announced it will...
We’ve breached Earth’s threshold for chemical pollution, study says
Many thousands of human-made chemicals and synthetic pollutants are circulating throughout our world, with new ones entering production all the time —...
How a powerful company convinced Georgia to let it bury toxic waste in groundwater
Documents reveal Georgia Power went to great lengths to advocate for risky waste storage.
It’s time to stop rolling the dice on chemical disasters
Now is the moment for the EPA to update the Risk Management Plan in a meaningful way that takes into account the health, safety and equity of fenceline communities first and foremost.