Environment

Trump’s EPA gave the okay to the ‘emergency’ use of sulfoxaflor, the bee-killing pesticide, on 13.9 million acres across 11 states. 

The post-petroleum resource race and what to make of it...

"The U.S. has a relatively robust waste infrastructure, yet an estimated five times as much plastic pollution entered the oceans in 2016 than in 2010."

A pipeline in southern California has spilled 700 barrels of crude oil as of Thursday morning.

“This is a huge win for wildlife, climate, and all people’s voices on the most biologically diverse and vulnerable island on the Tongass National Forest.”

"The only way we are going to tackle this crisis is by pressuring corporations and governments to move away from throwaway plastics for good, and toward systems of reuse."

The senator also has hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of investments in 33 North Dakota-based oil wells owned by Whiting Petroleum Corporation and hundreds of thousands of dollars more in investments in seven wells owned by ExxonMobil subsidiary XTO Energy.

"The most direct way to address climate change is to keep fossil fuels in the ground."

An environmental watchdog claims the EPA is involved in a cover-up holding back information about the oil and gas industry.

TransCanada – the same company behind the Keystone pipeline – said the explosion has been contained and an investigation is underway.