Environment

Court filing seeks to toss protections for four chemicals and delay PFOA and PFOS compliance as critics cite anti-backsliding law and widespread exposure.

New research links fossil fuel giants to trillions in heat-driven economic losses, offering fresh momentum for climate liability lawsuits worldwide.

There is virtually no time left, many believe we are already too late to do much to arrest climate change and the...

“We’re delighted that our campaign has resulted in a binding commitment by HSBC to phase out coal, but the devil is in the detail and the next six months are crucial to ensure that this commitment is translated into robust sector policies.”

“New York’s bag ban has already improved New York's health by cutting down on plastic pollution.”

The OCC’s new rule could stunt divestment campaigns by requiring major banks to justify each individual decision to regulators using “quantitative, impartial risk-based standards established by the bank in advance.”

Monsanto has launched a campaign to pressure the EPA into declaring glyphosate safe.

"This is a wake-up call for the country. This is going to happen elsewhere. Sometimes you have to see someone else go through it – we just happen to be the first."

This revelation raises crucial concerns about the effectiveness of the IRA in combating the escalating climate crisis.

These measures are noteworthy because they don’t just regulate emissions or mandate transitions. They actually do things like help the economically insecure, create material incentives for individual change, restore ecosystems, and reassert the authority of local entities over corporate polluters.