EPA releases new report and confirms what we all knew: Fracking contaminates drinking water
“The EPA’s final report on impacts of fracking on groundwater has concluded what too many Americans already know from personal experience: Fracking has caused lasting harm to drinking water sources throughout the country.”
After visiting Standing Rock, Swedish bank puts companies behind DAPL on watch
“It is becoming increasingly clear that financial institutions view the Dakota Access pipeline as a liability.”
The Senate finally approves aid for Flint, but at an expense
“Federal funding to help begin fixing the pipes at the heart of the Flint water crisis is shamefully overdue.”
Not just Standing Rock: Pipelines threaten native lands across the country
‘We are probably going to have to resist one pipeline at a time for many decades to come, and maybe longer,’ a Cherokee researcher tells MintPress as a Ramapough Lunaape chief says, ‘We need help now.’
Trump: ‘Nobody really knows’ if climate change is real
The Paris agreement, Trump claims, is something he is "studying."
A last resort that might work: Small town votes in community bill of rights...
Opposing a pipeline, residents in Waterville, Ohio, passed a new law to protect their right to clean air, water, and soil.
Canada’s shame
Fresh from the victory at Standing Rock, activists need to look from Flint, Michigan to places like Azacualpa to confront neoliberal efforts to put profit over people and the environment.
What’s next for the water protectors at Standing Rock?
This fight is not over, not even close. In fact, this fight is escalating.
How we can fight back against Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency
If we really want to fight Trump, we may have to make these changes without any tax break incentives. We might even have to pay for the privilege.
Bernie Sanders condemns Trump’s pick to lead EPA
"At a time when climate change is the great environmental threat to the entire planet, it is sad and dangerous that Mr. Trump has nominated Scott Pruitt to lead the EPA."