Organic farm in W. Va. imperiled by gas pipeline construction
“It goes beyond the financial. This property was our hope, our dream, our future, our children’s future."
97% of Endangered Species Threatened by 3 Common Pesticides
The Center for Biological Diversity, as well as a number of farmworkers, child-safety and environmental advocacy groups, sent a letter to the EPA last month urging it to ban several organophosphate pesticides that are currently under review.
The win-wins of climate and biodiversity solutions
We need all efforts, big and small, to solve the biodiversity and climate crises.
The fate of the US wolf heads to federal court
Wildlife advocates are hoping to put wolves back under the Endangered Species Act while government attorneys are claiming wolves are resilient and will bounce back easily and do not need to be put under federal jurisdiction.
Pandemic lockdowns caused ‘just a tiny blip’ in climate-polluting emissions, WMO finds
The news comes as it's more critical than ever to seriously tackle rising global emissions.
Cigarette waste: New solutions for the world’s most-littered trash
A range of new tactics aim to curb cigarette butt pollution, including groundbreaking legislation that could hold tobacco companies accountable for their products’ waste.
Zero waste: The global plastics crisis
Plastic pollution is one aspect of the global environmental crisis, a crisis rooted in consumerism and a socio-economic system championed by developed nations, which promotes greed, selfishness and division.
‘Hidden killer’: experts urge action after study shows how air pollution causes lung cancer
"If you want to address human health, you have to address climate health first," said Charles Swanton, who led the research team.
Exxon is telling investors its Permian fracking projects are ‘world class’. The data says...
A new report finds that the productivity of ExxonMobil’s wells in the Permian basin declined in 2019, raising “troubling questions about the quality” of its assets.
The battle for rights of nature heats up in the Great Lakes
“All the studies say we need drastic action. If we think the courts are going to save the plants or the animals they aren’t.”