Tons of plastic trash enter the Great Lakes every year – where does it...
According to recent estimates, over 8 million tons of plastic enter the oceans every year.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 24
Congressman and his wife plead not guilty to campaign spending charges, Kroger to phase out plastic bags, and more.
One of the largest supermarket chain announces plan to phase out plastic bag use
"As part of our Zero Hunger | Zero Waste commitment, we are phasing out use-once, throw-it-away plastic bags and transitioning to reusable bags in our stores by 2025."
Murder of activist in India highlights growing risk to environmental defenders
Ajit Maneshwar Naik, a 57-year-old environmental activist who fought against the construction of new dams on the Kali River in the state of Karnataka in India, was killed last month.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, August 22
Paul Manafort found guilty, Michael Cohen pleads guilty, EPA admits Trump would sacrifice lives for coal, and more.
Top ranking Michigan official ordered to go to trial over Flint water crisis
Nick Lyon will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter after a Legionnaires' disease outbreak reportedly killed 12 and sickened close to 90 people in 2014 and 2015.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, August 21
Microplastics in beer, CNN "fact check" on Medicare for All is bogus, ZInke caught red handed trying to sell off public lands, and more.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, August 20, 2018
U.S. prisoners organize massive prison strike, Catholic leaders do damage control, ICE detains a man driving his pregnant wife to the hospital to give birth, and more.
News study warns fracking is destroying US water supply
"The water footprint from fracking is only set to go up, the study informed, which raises "concerns about its sustainability, particularly in arid or semi-arid regions in western states, or other areas where groundwater supplies are stressed.”
Study: Children have better nutrition when they live near forests
The data show that forests aren't just correlated with improvements in people's diets. We show that forests cause these improvements."