Friday, April 10, 2026

These refugees are building houses out of plastic bottles

Plastic bottles prove surprisingly resilient to the harsh desert conditions.

Appeals court halts Dakota Access Pipeline shutdown order

On the day that had been initially set as a deadline for shutting down the Dakota Access Pipeline, a federal appeals court today issued an order that effectively allows oil to continue flowing for now.

Bayou Bridge resistance: The pipeline fight heads to the south

Opponents of the pipeline say it could wreck the region's fragile ecology, damaging the basin and destroying Louisiana’s multi-million dollar crawfish industry.

Widely used pesticide re-approved by EPA said to harm more than 1,000 endangered plants...

"This alarming assessment leaves no doubt that this hideously dangerous pesticide should be banned in the U.S., just as it is across much of the world."

How a Russian steel oligarch and Putin ally is profiting from the Keystone XL...

DeSmog’s findings come as Trump is under scrutiny from Congress, U.S. intelligence agencies, and others for his personal and presidential campaign team’s ties to Russia.

Noam Chomsky: The GOP is still the most dangerous organization in human history

"It's not just Trump, every single Republican leader is the same."

How to cultivate environmental awareness at schools

How to tell children about ecology to show them respect for the environment and not turn such a lesson into a routine? Let's take a deeper look at some options and how anyone can apply them in real life and class.

The hidden side of fossil fuel investments: Private equity

Failing to hold private equity firms accountable exacerbates existing inequities.

Williams pipeline support highlights environmental defense fund’s long, cozy relationship with fracking pseudoscience

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), an environmental group with close ties to the corporate community, has taken a friendly approach to the...

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law that ignores landowners’ property rights, Indigenous sovereignty in flawed...

Despite the flawed state decision, three federal lawsuit challenges to pipeline project continue to proceed.