EPA to weaken rules to control toxic coal ash in water
Environmental activists plan to challenge these rollbacks in court. Let’s hope they succeed.
Risk assessment: Thoughts on ‘a climate security plan for America’
“A Climate Security Plan for America”, if it had been covered by the press, could actually make a difference in changing the minds of some in the political center more inclined to believe the U.S. military than scientists or activist groups.
This is what 2030 could look like if we win the war on climate...
If we consider what the future could be, picking up the mantle against climate change may not seem so bad after all.
Keystone leaks 383,000 gallons in North Dakota on the same day as Trump state...
“The Keystone XL pipeline was a bad idea when it was proposed 11 years ago, and it remains a bad idea today.”
EPA disbanded a clean air science panel. We met anyway – and here’s what...
The nongovernmental panel of experts found that particle pollution regulations aren’t protecting public health, but that's not the only worrying trend at EPA.
‘Modern day slavery’: Prisoner firefighters risking their lives in California battling wildfires an example...
“California fights fires with slave labor.”
Four states, led by New York, challenge Trump admin over oil train safety rule
The courts will likely decide whether states, in lieu of federal oversight, can create oil train safety regulations to protect their citizens or if the American public will need to trust its safety to corporations and hope for the best.
As the planet warms and mosquitos thrive, one billion people could be exposed to...
“The risk of disease transmission is a serious problem, even over the next few decades."
Climate activist Greta Thunberg declines Nordic environmental prize saying “the climate movement does not...
“I have received the Nordic Council’s environmental award 2019. I have decided to decline this prize.”
How to solve the big problems that small family farms are facing
Direct sales and the organic label are not enough to keep family-scale farms viable.