Wednesday, May 22, 2024

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.”

EPA acknowledges proven dangers of bee-killing pesticides but refuses to restrict them

Neonicotinoids have already been banned by the European Union, it is time they were banned here.

Climate change will make parts of the US uninhabitable. Americans are still moving there.

Research shows that climate damage will wreak havoc on the southern third of the country, erasing more than 8% of its economic output and likely turning migration from a choice to an imperative.

Trump administration sued for suspending protections for endangered bumble bee

This is the third lawsuit NRDC has filed against the Trump administration for its attacks on regulation.

Amazon rainforest will collapse by 2064, new study predicts

“A forest cannot survive if its canopy needs more than 4 years to recover from a yearly [drought] event.”

Life after Standing Rock

“The U.S. government is wiping out our most important cultural and spiritual areas. And as it erases our footprint from the world, it erases us as a people."
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Remembering LaDonna Brave Bull Allard: Standing Rock Elder helped lead 2016 anti-DAPL uprising

“I don’t understand why America doesn’t understand how important water is. So we have no choice. We have to stand.”

People’s Climate March, taking climate change to Trump’s door step

Trump spent his 100th day attacking those who criticized him – hundreds of thousands of citizens spent it together in the streets to send a message back to him.

Feds halt new drilling on Rover Pipeline after massive spills destroy Ohio wetlands

ETP said the pipeline will enter service in two phases in July and November.

‘Overwhelming’ evidence Facebook is failing to tackle climate misinformation

Companies should consider pulling adverts from the platform until it takes further steps to tackle misleading climate-related content, say campaigners — but Facebook has been quick to defend its record.