Hawaii bans toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos, protects public health
The bill, SB3095, completely bans the use of chlorpyrifos, a highly toxic neurotoxin that causes significant damage to brain development in children.
Minneapolis announces its pledge to go 100 percent renewables by 2030
The resolution is a direct response to climate change that is "caused primarily by the combustion of fossil fuels."
Over 40 companies pledge to cut plastic pollution
Hopefully, other countries and companies will join the UK Plastics Pact and do their part in producing less plastic waste.
Wisconsin oil refinery explosion injures at least 15 people
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board has sent a four-person team to investigate the incident.
EU bans neonicotinoid insecticides everywhere except greenhouses
The risk neonicotinoid insecticides poses on both honeybees and wild bees as well as concerns for food production and the environment brought the EU to its announcement on Friday.
US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services becomes multi million-dollar federal wildlife-killing program
"The Department of Agriculture needs to get out of the wildlife-slaughter business."
Federal Court rules against Trump administration’s attempt to rollback Corporate Average Fuel Economy targets
The court's ruling upheld the higher fine currently in place for automakers who manufacture "gas guzzlers."
Earth Day: Conflict over the future of the planet
The environmental crisis and the mishandling of climate change are issues that are going to make the 2020s a decade of transformational change.
HSBC will no longer fund fossil fuel industry
HSBC is among other banks, such as BNP Paribas, to take such critical action against climate change.
Trump administration takes first massive step for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The Trump administration claims drilling in ANWR will help "our nation's energy demands and achieve energy dominance," but environmental groups strongly disagree.