Saturday, July 11, 2026

Marine microplastics are now invading the atmosphere, study finds

But there is something else lurking in the air we depend upon: tiny pieces of plastic.

Court orders Trump administration to enforce Obama-era methane rule

Judge William Orrick of the U.S. District Court for Northern California ruled that the Bureau of Land Management's decision was "untethered to evidence."

Texas company exposed by DeSmog for radioactive fracking waste practices threatens legal action

Both during and after DeSmog’s investigation, Lotus LLC has tried various approaches to keep information about the company under wraps.

The trick to make capitalism help solve climate change

The best step any nation can take toward mitigating climate change is a revenue-neutral carbon fee. Here’s how it works.

A burning chemical plant may be just the tip of Hurricane Laura’s damage in...

While the full health impacts of the fire weren’t immediately known, a storm-driven chlorine gas release in a vulnerable community is the type of worst-case scenario that scientists and engineers like myself have warned the petrochemical industry about for decades.

Methane emissions soar 32% despite lockdowns and green pledges

“It is clearly time to reduce these emissions. They are easy to fix. We have the technology to fix them.”

New initiative aims to mobilize the restaurant industry to fight climate change

Restore California will fund farmers to switch to regenerative agriculture practices.

Last Known Chilean Sea Bass Poaching Ship Caught in Indonesia

The Indonesian navy plans to sink the Viking within the next few days, signaling, at least temporarily, the end of the destructive practice.

Oil spill in North Dakota leaks 840,000 gallons of emulsion

The spill in Mountrail County involved emulsion—both crude oil and produced water from a well before it's separated—which flowed onto agricultural land.