Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Instead of protecting public health during COVID-19 crisis, Trump moves to prop up ‘dirty,...

"Every federal dollar wasted on this effort is a dollar stolen from cleaning up the industry's toxic pollution legacy in the Navajo Nation and across the West."

The Standing Rock victory you didn’t hear about

The day 40 to 50 Native water protectors kept 250 militarized police from attacking camp.

The next crisis? Losing the Amazon

If too much of the forest were to be degraded or lost, scientists worry that the whole area could be transformed into a savannah.

North Atlantic Right Whale population dips below 450 after ‘deadliest year’ since whaling era

"Right whales risk spiraling toward extinction if we don't protect them from deadly fishing gear."

Biden admin pauses permits for new fossil fuel projects

Environmental groups praised the Biden administration for halting new leases and permits while the court battle plays out, but expressed concern about how it would ultimately resolve. 

Murder of activist in India highlights growing risk to environmental defenders

Ajit Maneshwar Naik, a 57-year-old environmental activist who fought against the construction of new dams on the Kali River in the state of Karnataka in India, was killed last month.
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Rise for Climate: Tens of thousands march in San Francisco calling for fossil-free world

The protest came just days before the start of the Global Climate Action Summit being organized by California Governor Jerry Brown.

Feeling defeated by the Supreme Court’s EPA ruling? There’s still a lot we can...

America’s highest court has limited the EPA’s authority to regulate power plant emissions.

They rescued pigs and turkeys from factory farms – and now face decades in...

It’s an alarming example of the power of the animal agriculture industry, the confluence of interests between industry and law enforcement, and the appalling treatment of animals in industrial agricultural production.

Amazon’s plastic packaging problem is growing, Oceana report finds

The report found that Amazon produced 709 million pounds of plastic packaging waste in 2021, up 18 percent from the 599 million pounds Oceana estimated it produced in 2020.