EPA extends use of Monsanto’s controversial pesticide dicamba on GM soybean and cotton plants
"Simply adding more use restrictions to an uncontrollable pesticide that already comes with 39 pages of instructions and limitations reflects a broken process."
Big Oil spends record millions to defeat the nation’s first carbon tax
Washington state currently ranks fifth in the nation in crude oil refining capacity for making gasoline and other petroleum products.
How Big Oil dodges Facebook’s new ad transparency rules
We’ve identified 12 ad campaigns in which energy, insurance and other industries masked their sponsorship of political messages on Facebook.
Humanity has wiped out 60% of animal populations in the last 50 years
We are the 'last generation' that can save our planet.
Weakened Chinese law against endangered rhinos and tigers has animal rights activists worried
While China's reversal of a 25-year-old law came as a shock to many, other animal rights activists saw it coming due to the growing number of tiger farms in the country.
Halt to youth climate lawsuit inspires nationwide resistance
The three-year-long case has survived countless obstacles and the 21 youth plaintiffs don't plan on backing down now.
TigerSwan, county sheriff sued over road blockade during Dakota Access Pipeline protests
“This road closure was directed only at Water Protectors: residents of Fort Rice were allowed to drive southbound on Highway 1806 as were employees of DAPL.”
Arctic drilling a go with recent approval from the Trump administration
“This project sets us down a dangerous path of destroying the Arctic. An oil spill in the Arctic would be impossible to clean up and the region is already stressed by climate change.”
The 14-year chronic, continuous oil spill most Americans never heard about
The federal government said it is committed “to ensure Taylor Energy will work to permanently stop the ongoing oil spill” because there is “still more that can be done by Taylor to control and contain the oil.”
Big oil may face some consequences: New York sues Exxon for deceiving investors on...
"Exxon built a facade to deceive investors into believing that the company was managing the risks of climate change regulation to its business when, in fact, it was intentionally and systematically underestimating or ignoring them."