Sunday, June 21, 2026

Pipeline company wants to quietly expand gas shipments in the Pacific Northwest 

TC Energy’s upgrade of its GTN XPress pipeline would result in a huge increase in methane gas volumes to the region. But it would undermine climate laws already on the books.

UK halts fracking, effective immediately

"Fracking moratorium is thanks to years and years and years of work by local communities, campaigners and fierce political pressure."

Tell Home Depot and Lowe’s to stop selling Bayer-Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicides

Tell Home Deport and Lowe's to remove Roundup from store shelves and help protect both human and pollinators' health.

Too harmful: The march of salt and plastics on world soils

Unsustainable human activities are exacerbating soil salinity.

Greenwash: Shell May Remove ‘Oil’ from Name as It Moves to Tap Arctic, Gulf...

Shell Oil has decided to rebrand itself as something other than an oil company for its U.S.-based unit. But this doesn't change their aggressive stance to drill for offshore oil in the Arctic and deep offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.

Activists are using the climate emergency as a new legal defense to justify law-breaking

So what is reasonable conduct in the face of the mounting climate crisis? The importance of asking this question cannot be overstated.

Automakers show ‘concerning’ lack of engagement on human rights and climate, analyses reveal

The analysis of 30 car companies found the auto sector to be the worst performing corporate sector ever assessed by World Benchmarking Alliance's human rights benchmark.

Chemical fallout from East Palestine train disaster spreads across 16 states, study reveals

The derailment, which involved a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials, has had far-reaching impacts, with pollutants spreading over 540,000 square miles, significantly larger in scale and scope than initially predicted.

Organic farming in the U.S. is now bigger than ever

The number of certified organic acres in the country rose by more than 10 percent over the past two years.

How climate change ensures hotter weather as new normal for Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon serves as an apt metaphor for the future challenges of a hotter planet.