If There Are No New Farmers, Who Will Grow Our Food?
Programs across the country are trying to make it easier for new farmers to get started and put down roots. Here's why: There's only one farmer under 35 for every six over 65. By 2030, one-quarter of America's current farmers will retire.
Grocery store opens world’s first plastic-free aisle
This comes at a time when unnecessary plastic pollution is a growing global concern that is affecting our oceans, habitats and food chains.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, June 21, 2018
Trump signs executive order halting family separation policy he created
President Trump signed an executive order halting what has become a notorious family separation policy...
HAPPENING TODAY: Youth climate leaders to flood congressional offices to demand Green New Deal
The movement calls for the creation of "climate plan in line with what science and justice demand."
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.
Judge blocks Monsanto’s bid to stop California from listing glyphosate as carcinogenic
Monsanto plans to challenge the ruling and insists on the safety of glyphosate.
Residents of Welsh Village set to become UK’s first climate refugees as soon as...
"This is a wake-up call for the country. This is going to happen elsewhere. Sometimes you have to see someone else go through it – we just happen to be the first."
Millions consumed potentially unsafe water in the past 10 years
The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the U.S. a “D” grade for the quality of its drinking water systems based on an evaluation of their safety, condition, capacity and other criteria.
The Oil Pricequake
Prices will, of course, rise someday. But on a planet heading for a green energy revolution, there’s no assurance that they will ever reach the $100-plus levels that were once taken for granted.
Trump getting COVID is his Hurricane Sandy October Surprise for science denial
From COVID-19 to the hurricanes of the climate crisis, even "moderate" Republicans have continually displayed a willingness to ignore and malign science.