Trump slashes EPA funding by 31% – Gets Pruitt’s approval
What is happening with the EPA?
A poisoned legacy: challenging the EPA’s reluctance to ban glyphosate amidst rising health concerns
Unveiling the controversy: a deep dive into the legal, scientific, and humanitarian debate over glyphosate's future
PPE may save human lives, but it’s deadly for wildlife
Welcome to the world’s new pollution problem.
Want to fight climate change? Start by protecting these endangered species
Giant forest elephants and blue whales play an enormous role in climate sequestration. Can putting a financial value on that role help conserve them—and us?
Youth climate activists demanding Green New Deal arrested for sit-in at #OilMoneyMitch McConnell’s office
"All we want is for him to put our lives above the interests of his campaign donors."
National Monuments open for business: Mining and drilling to begin on public lands
Today marks the "largest rollback of protections for public lands and waters in U.S. history."
If you recycled all the plastic garbage in the world, you could buy the...
In other words, if someone could collect and recycle all the unrecycled plastic on earth, this person would be richer than any individual on the planet.
Fake news about energy, clean and dirty
I used to listen to Freakonomics, an interesting podcast, until it called nuclear energy clean and nonpolluting. I haven’t listened to any...
WMO warns greenhouse gases and El Niño to push global temps to record levels
"...WMO is sounding the alarm that we will breach the 1.5°C level on a temporary basis with increasing frequency.”
Pandemic shines a light on critical water issues — will Congress fund solutions?
“The next COVID-19 stimulus package provides an opportunity to invest in ways that create lots of jobs and finally begin to provide the level of resources that are needed to make sure no one is drinking polluted water.”