Coral disease spreading in Caribbean linked to wastewater from ships
Since the identification of the disease off Virginia Key in 2014, it has spread to the Caribbean, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Saint Maarten and Mexico.
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.”
Retirement fund for many California firefighters battling wildfires puts money in coal
By continuing to hold fossil fuel investments, the logic goes, CalPERS may be taking some of that money and using it to add fuel to the wildfires of tomorrow.
Indigenous tribe leads efforts to reintroduce condors to Pacific Northwest
“The California condor is a shining example of how a species can be brought back from the brink of extinction through the power of partnerships.”
A lawsuit has been filed against Keystone XL
“The Trump administration keeps trying to fast-track and rubber-stamp the boondoggle Keystone XL pipeline project, but they keep losing ‘bigly’ every time we take them to court.”
An invisible essential labor force
How the migrant women farmworkers who put food on our tables are organizing for a better life after the pandemic.
Infographic: The Surprising Ways You Consume Oil Every Day
Less than half the oil we consume is used for gasoline. Petroleum also goes into a bunch of everyday products. Some useful, and many we could live without.
California pension funds have billions invested in fossil fuel companies named in state’s lawsuit
The two funds are resisting pressure from legislators and activists to shed their gas and oil holdings.
Unique female white giraffe and calf killed at hands of illegal poachers in Kenya
"Its killing is a blow to tremendous steps taken by the community to conserve rare and unique species, and a wake-up call for continued support to conservation efforts.”
EPA’s controversial science proposal roll out date pushed back after receiving 600,000 public comments
But the EPA's "agenda to sideline science" is still front and center.