House Republicans move to block EPA action on toxic PFAS in farm fertilizers
A provision in the latest GOP spending bill would halt enforcement of an EPA risk assessment warning that sewage sludge fertilizer contaminates farmland with cancer-linked forever chemicals.
‘A fraudulent scheme’: New Mexico sues Texas oil companies for walking away from their...
New Mexico’s lawsuit accuses three Texas oil executives of pocketing revenue from oil and gas wells and offloading cleanup costs to the public.
Not extinct after all: First ‘widely accepted sighting’ of Ivory-billed Woodpecker since 1944
“Multiple lines of evidence indicate survival of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker in Louisiana.”
Indigenous women call upon Biden to stop pipelines and uphold Indigenous rights in the...
““No more broken promises, no more broken Treaties.”
Just 12% of people in the U.S. consume over 50% of the country’s beef,...
With their findings, which were published in the journal Nutrients, the researchers hope to influence the 12% of people eating a disproportionate amount of beef to make switches to other, lower-emissions protein sources.
Global deforestation increased in 2023, report finds
If deforestation emissions were represented as a country, they’d be the fourth biggest emitter behind China, the U.S. and India.
Nuclear reactors stoke the climate they claim to cool
Heatwaves force European reactors offline while solar keeps the lights on.
PepsiCo and Coca-Cola sued over plastic pollution and misleading recycling claims
The legal challenge asserts that PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have falsely promoted their products as recyclable, despite knowing the significant environmental harm plastic pollution causes.
Climate change to heat up oceans at seven times their current rate
Rapid and inconsistent deep water heating will have a huge impact on ocean wildlife.
The unseen cost of cigarette pollution: Billions in environmental damage
The yearly economic cost of cigarette plastic waste amounts to approximately $26 billion.