Another Flint? Newark, NJ, faces public health crisis over lead contamination in city’s water...
Thousands of residents in Newark, New Jersey, remain unable to drink their tap water in an enduring public health nightmare. Lead contamination...
The win-wins of climate and biodiversity solutions
We need all efforts, big and small, to solve the biodiversity and climate crises.
US bans import of seafood from countries in violation of marine mammal bycatch prevention
Countries facing the embargo include Mexico, China, Ecuador, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey.
America’s dairyland may have a PFAS problem
First, there was Fred Stone, the third-generation dairy farmer in Maine who discovered that the milk from his cows contained harmful chemicals. Then...
Climate scientists take to the streets to protest Trump
As 26,000 scientists gather in San Francisco for an annual conference, some rally against the president-elect’s antienvironmental policies.
Cornel West: I am heading to Standing Rock to show solidarity with historic Indigenous...
Cornel West will join the Standing Rock Sioux, NationofChange, hundreds of veterans, and thousands of others at Standing Rock this weekend.
Fracked shale oil wells drying up faster than predicted, Wall Street Journal finds
“Other countries, namely China, are frantically investing in renewables. For us to crow about our oil wealth, and not focus on renewables, is for us to miss the opportunity to be leaders in the world as it’s going to be.”
New California law could eliminate 23 million tons of plastic in 10 years
“Today we make history; tomorrow we focus on ensuring our SB 54 goals to reduce plastic pollution are met.”
The railroad industry loved modern brakes and safety, until they didn’t
Science and data shows that ECP brakes help prevent rail accidents like the recent one in Ohio.
‘Was that disruptive?’ congressman blasts air horn to make seismic testing proponents hear a...
"What if you depended on sound for hunting your food and for communication? Do you think it would be disruptive?"