Sunday, April 28, 2024

Trump’s toxic wake: 10 ways the EPA has made life more hazardous

The administration's record on chemical safety has been especially hazardous for the health of Americans, especially children.

Sierra Club to DNC chairman: End tax breaks and subsidies for fossil fuel companies...

"The future of our planet depends on it. It’s past time to end fossil fuel subsidies."

2 hurricanes could strike US on the same day for the first time in...

The current projections have both storms passing through the Gulf of Mexico and barreling into the coast at the same time on Wednesday morning.

Koch academic influence returns to Massachusetts with new Tufts University think tank

A network of free-market think tanks around the country tied to Koch funding that tend to oppose climate action and clean energy.

The Atlantic Ocean contains at least 10 times more plastic pollution than previously estimated

Hopefully, with this new research, policymakers can make moves to stop plastic pollution that is harming marine life, the environment, and ultimately us.

Greenland lost an unprecedented amount of ice in 2019, study finds

“If we reduce CO2, we will reduce Arctic warming and we will therefore also reduce the sea level rise contribution from the Greenland ice sheet.”

Michigan agrees to $600 million settlement in Flint water crisis

“If money is how government expresses sorrow for its crimes — this is a big apology.”

Covid-19 lockdown demonstrates how economy-wide transformation can halt climate change

The blip in emissions will not have a longterm impact unless we invest in sustainable solutions on a grand scale.

Environmental groups sue Trump admin to stop LNG trains

The potential consequences of an accident involving a train carrying LNG could be far greater than the already catastrophic and deadly accidents that have resulted from the rail industry moving large amounts of volatile crude oil and ethanol in recent years.
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Sunrise Movement: Dems must address climate crisis as DNC drops pledge to end fossil...

It is “disappointing to see” Democrats back away from the pledge, but adds that as long as social movements sustain pressure, “it will be a priority for the Biden administration, should they win in November.”