Wednesday, April 24, 2024

What the Exxon tapes reveal about the American Petroleum Institute’s lobbying tactics on oil...

The top oil trade group, which a senior Exxon lobbyist recently described as one of the company’s “whipping boys,” used similar delay tactics to push back against oil-by-rail safety rules.

Neonicotinoids harm bees at far below the label recommended dose, study finds

When the pesticide was applied at just 30 percent of the recommended dose, it still reduced the bees' reproduction by 90 percent.

How an undercover cop set back a climate movement

There had to have been some who were suspicious of Mark ‘Flash’ Stone when he first joined UK activists fighting climate change...

Koalas face extinction in next 30 years without urgent intervention, report warns

"With the trees dying and the streams drying there is a recipe for disaster. Koalas are really on the brink of not surviving.”

Water is life. Can we protect it?

Americans will have to fight hard to protect their water from corporate greed. They can learn a lot from El Salvador.

USDA indefinitely suspends honey bee tracking survey as states get approval to use bee-killing...

"Yet another example of the Trump administration systematically undermining federal research on food safety, farm productivity, and the public interest writ large."

Shell Oil asked what YOU are willing to do to reduce climate change, enraging...

“I'm willing to hold you accountable for lying about climate change for 30 years when you secretly knew the entire time that fossil fuels emissions would destroy our planet.”

Washington activists launch ‘Climate Countdown’ to push lawmakers for urgent action

“We, as a society and as a whole, have to respond to the climate crisis.”

China to ban ivory trade by the end of the year

China had already committed to banning ivory trade, but committing to a timetable of action has really surprised many.