Wednesday, April 1, 2026

U.S. proposes listing giraffes under the Endangered Species Act for the first time

"Ultimately, this attention will hopefully convert into more funding support and interest to save all four species of giraffe in the wild in Africa.”

Almost all air samples from agriculture-intensive communities in California detects high levels of pesticides

The result of the state's air monitoring confirmed 163 of the 207 air samples showed pesticides.

Sierra Club sounds alarm, nominee Lee Zeldin ‘unqualified’ to head EPA

“The best-case scenario is that the EPA will lose four years in the fight for the planet. The worst-case scenario should send a shudder down your spine.”

Three years after the fuel spill, community members continue to demand accountability

The recently released DoD IG and GAO reports provide a scathing assessment of the Navy’s handling of the Red Hill facility, citing various management failures and facilities in disrepair.

Harvard set up worthless carbon offsetting scheme that sold millions of junk credits

EasyJet, British American Tobacco and Ernst & Young are all among the biggest buyers of credits from the project.

Biden pledges Amazon aid in first-ever visit by a US president to the rainforest

Biden promised funding to protect Earth’s largest tropical rainforest, and signed a proclamation making Nov. 17 International Conservation Day.

Chickens are smarter than you think

Factory farming has made us think of chickens as mindless automata. But our downy friends know much more than we give them credit for.

Taxing Big Oil could boost UN loss and damage fund by 2000%

Targeting the world’s seven largest publicly traded oil and gas companies—ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, TotalEnergies, BP, Equinor, and ENI—the tax would hold major polluters accountable for their contributions to the climate crisis.

Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters—a look at...

These increases are driven by a potent mix of rising insurance payouts coupled with rising costs of construction as people build increasingly expensive homes and other assets in harm’s way.

Trump’s appointment of fracking CEO Chris Wright to lead Department of Energy sparks environmental...

Environmental advocates sound the alarm as President-elect Trump nominates Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright, a staunch fossil fuel supporter, to lead the Department of Energy.