A judge holds Shell liable for causing climate change in historic ruling
The Dutch ruling is being called a first of its kind and a big "step forward for the international climate movement."
New Mexico stuck with $8 billion in cleanup for oil wells, highlighting dangers from...
The oil industry boasts that it fills state coffers with revenues from drilling, but a new study finds a serious gap in funding available to tackle the environmental legacy of abandoned wells.
In victory for public health, Biden’s EPA reverses Trump-era ‘secret science’ rule
“The Biden administration is making clear that the best available science, and not political interference from industry, will guide the EPA’s decisions on protecting the public from pollution.”
One in three directors at Africa’s biggest bank have ties to the coal industry
Over 80 percent of directors had a past or current tie to polluting industries, either as a current or former adviser or employee.
Plastic pollution raises beach temperatures, threatening marine life, study finds
The problem is only likely to get worse unless something is done to stem the plastic tide.
Glyphosate remains on shelves despite EPA admitting Trump-era review was faulty
“We will ask the court to deny this extraordinary request to paper over glyphosate’s ecological harms only to approve it anyway down the road. Time to face the music, not run and hide.”
Judge allows DAPL to keep pumping oil despite lack of permit
“Here, an environmentally devastating pipeline was constructed in flagrant violation of the law.”
Indigenous, climate leaders launch national effort to demand Biden ‘stop Trump pipelines’
"Decision-makers in Washington, D.C. and across the country now have a choice—stand with the Trump pipelines that prop up big oil and gas profits and cronyism or the approach Biden established when he canceled KXL."
Chile passes single-use plastic regulation that will reduce 23,000 tons of plastic waste a...
"This law is ambitious, but at the same time it's realistic for where Chile stands regarding waste generation and its technical capabilities to make these changes possible."
Fossil fuel companies in UK awarded £150 million of public money ‘to find new...
A new paper is calling on the government to scrap research and development tax credits for fossil fuel extraction and instead invest the money in clean energy.