Environment

The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."

A pending bill would ban targeted shark fishing nationwide, but marine biologists say its proposed 10 percent bycatch limit has no scientific basis.

Will another drawn-out battle be fought in the rice-fields? And who will win that battle?

Higher carbon dioxide levels and warmer temperatures are causing plants to increase their pollen production, which can be severe for allergy sufferers.

The report examines how the super-rich’s use of luxury transportation and investments in polluting industries exacerbate the climate crisis.

Western monarch butterflies overwinter along the Pacific coast, but they are vulnerable to pesticide residue and drift from nearby farms and urban areas.

For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.

The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells.

Agents of Brazil’s Indigenous agency, FUNAI, spent 60 days in June and July 2026 physically marking the borders of the Rio Pardo Kawahiva Indigenous Territory. The 411,000-hectare area in the Amazon biome of Mato Grosso state is home to the Kawahiva, an isolated Indigenous group.

At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed around the world in 2025, according to a new report by Global Witness.