USDA announces proposal to reinstate protections for Tongass National Forest
While the Trump administration tried to open 9.2 million acres of the forest to logging and roadbuilding, the USDA's proposal will effectively reinstate the protections for Tongass National Forest.
Oil industry inflates job impact from Biden’s new pause on drilling on federal lands
“I welcome an end to federal fossil fuel leasing and the necessary transitions to more sustainable economies for the Navajo Nation.”
New York plastic bag ban to go into effect starting this week
“New York’s bag ban has already improved New York's health by cutting down on plastic pollution.”
Goldman Sachs becomes first major American bank to prohibit Arctic oil financing
“Goldman Sachs is right to recognize that destroying the Arctic Refuge would be bad business. We hope other American banks will follow their lead.”
LAX bans sale of single-use plastic water bottles
This is the first step in making its airports zero waste by 2045 following the Sustainability Action Plan passed by Los Angeles World Airports in 2021.
‘Whole life cycle of plastics’ approach could reduce pollution—WWF expert
“We need to create proper systems for controlling and regulating plastic pollution, at local, national and global levels.”
‘Shame on you’: Indigenous campaigners demand JPMorgan end fossil fuel finance
The major American bank is helping fund the Coastal Gaslink pipeline, which threatens First Nation lands in Canada.
Mass Consumption Is Causing Mass Extinction. Can We Stop Ourselves?
A new report finds that humans are largely responsible for a 58 percent plunge in animal populations since 1970.
On a Philippine island, indigenous groups take the fight to big palm oil
After years of struggling against the odds for the rights to their land, the indigenous peoples of Palawan appear to be making progress.
Stink, sulfur and soot: Billionaire Kraft deals an air pollution crisis to South Carolina
Currently, residents are still awaiting a solution to their health and air pollution crisis. As one resident told the EPA, “We are prisoners in our own smelly home.”