Friday, April 19, 2024

Lobbying against key US climate regulation ‘cost society $60 billion,’ study finds

“Our new point is that if the very likelihood of having climate policy enacted in the first place may be jeopardized by political influences (via lobbying), why not try to use this revenue to neutralize some of the political opposition in a targeted way.”

Oil and gas industry tries to hold public schools hostage

Fossil fuel interest groups are telling New Mexicans: Let us keep drilling or the state’s education system will collapse.

Cruise ship companies exploit environmental loopholes leading to massive ocean and air pollution

"Far too few parameters are covered by the existing criteria," allowing for the shipping industry to exploit loopholes.

Burn Pits, Climate Change and the US Military

While it’s obvious that the Democratic candidates are much better on these issues than the four Republicans still seeking their party’s nomination, the media needs to take a share of the blame for so rarely bringing up the topic.

Trump administration’s attacks on science already surpass two Bush terms

Trump may have lauded the Apollo 11 mission, but his administration has launched more than 100 attacks on science.

Student reporters in West Virginia find Atlantic Coast Pipeline offers only two dozen permanent...

“It was trouble finding out how many jobs the pipeline would create.”

After years’ long push, fracking has quietly arrived in Alaska

In the end tapping Alaska's shale resources via fracking may come down to a simple issue of money.

Former Colorado beef ranch is now a thriving animal sanctuary

“We have never felt better or more healthy, both mentally and physically,” says the couple who started the Surf and Turf Animal Sanctuary.

Wildfires can reduce biodiversity—can biodiversity be used to reduce wildfires?

A biodiversity experiment in Australia showed animal species can help reduce flammable leaf litter by 24 percent.

Bayer, Monsanto merger gets green light from the DOJ

A proposed merger between Bayer AG and Monsanto passed a United States regulatory hurdle despite opposition from various food and farm groups.