Covid-19 sparks a rebirth of the local farm movement
While farmers have yet to face the full economic impact of this pandemic, their collaborative efforts, along with local grassroots networks, could mark the beginning of a new economy laboring to be born.
Exxon sued again for ‘misleading’ advertising
“ExxonMobil’s advertising and marketing mislead the public by presenting ExxonMobil’s clean energy activities as a significant proportion of its overall business.”
Fossil Fuel industry abusing CARES Act that was created to help small businesses and...
There’s no limit on how the new refunds can be used -- and even bankrupt firms can get them.
Safety can’t be a ‘pretext’ for regulating unsafe oil trains, says Trump admin
“Proponents of the law insist Washington State has a legitimate public interest to protect its citizens from oil train fires and explosions, but in the context of the transportation of crude oil by rail, a State cannot use safety as a pretext for inhibiting market growth or instituting a de facto ban on crude oil by rail within its borders.”
Drilling on public lands: Native American voices frustrated by virtual public hearings over zoom
“How many North Slope members have access to WiFi? That's what I want to know. How many of them know that this webinar is going on?”
Clean energy spreads nationwide
"This milestone is a victory for everyone who has been forced to breathe polluted air or drink unclean water because they lived near a dirty power plant."
Trump’s EPA to reverse regulation on chemical found in drinking what that is linked...
“Trump’s EPA is choosing NOT to regulate #perchlorate, a dangerous chemical linked to fetal & infant brain damage and found in the tap water of millions of Americans. This decision ignores science and the law.”
Big Ag lets hundreds of thousands of farm animals die in barn fires every...
Farm animals have less legal protection than other confined animals, such as those living in laboratories or zoos.
‘Not just bad, it’s pathological’: while pushing big oil bailouts, trump slaps wind and...
“Robbing from a clean energy future to prop up the dirty energy past.”
Plastic bottle made from plants degrades in just one year
“This plastic has very attractive sustainability credentials because it uses no fossil fuels, and can be recycled – but would also degrade in nature much faster than normal plastics do.”









