Turning away from fossil fuels: Lessons from the anti-apartheid movement
The rhetorical battle over turning away from investments in companies contributing to climate change, it seems, has been won.
EPA announces selected applicants for CPRG Implementation Grants to help fight climate pollution locally
The grants will go to state, local, and regional entities fighting climate pollution across different sectors, many focusing on clean transportation projects.
Judge: EPA’s approval of bee-killing pesticides violated federal law
A U.S. District Court judge held that the EPA had unlawfully issued 59 pesticide registrations between 2007 and 2012 for a wide variety of agricultural, landscaping and ornamental uses.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Nebraska farmers return land to Native American tribe, Parkland students join Chicagoans to march against gun violence, audio recordings of children separated from their parents at the border, and more.
How young climate activists built a mass movement to be reckoned with
The movement of the future has potential to further re-shape politics in ways most of us can’t even imagine.
‘No time for half-measures’: Greenpeace rebukes EU’s partial ban on Russian oil
The new embargo exempts pipeline imports at the behest of Hungary's far-right leader Viktor Orbán.
150,000 Penguins Die After Huge Iceberg Blocks Route to Sea
The giant iceberg, the size of Rome, had apparently been floating close to the coast for 20 years before crashing into a glacier and becoming stuck.
Glyphosate sales fall as Bayer takes a €2.5 billion hit
A “significant further decline” of glyphosate sales could push Bayer towards a breakup of its agriculture business.
The 19th-century tumult over climate change – and why it matters today
“People don’t know how to have a dialogue any more.” My hope is that the case of 19th-century climatology will remind us what a genuine dialogue looks like.
Dems say Big Oil execs failing to come clean on Trump’s $1 billion quid...
Nearly four months later, the lawmakers are still awaiting satisfactory answers.