Advocates pressure EPA to consider public health over Monsanto profits
The Environmental Protection Agency is currently green-lighting the continued use of cancer-linked glyphosate in the United States for another 15 years. Those...
A gray whale washed ashore in Alaska may hold clues to this year’s deadly...
Most years the annual gray whale migration along North America’s West Coast is a sure sign of spring. But this year something...
Our post-carbon future depends on electric vehicles—our congress controls their economic lifeline
There are a few competing electric vehicle-related bills kicking around Capitol Hill right now. One, a bipartisan bill aptly titled the Driving America...
Biodiversity can help coral reefs survive in current climate crisis
Coral reefs, often referred to as “the rainforests of the seas,” are currently facing a variety of threats from ocean warming and...
Nigeria plans 8-fold increase in palm oil production
Nigeria plans to invest 180 billion naira ($500 million) to increase its palm oil production from around 600,000 tons a year to...
EPA approves the use of bee-killing pesticide on millions of acres
Trump’s EPA gave the okay to the ‘emergency’ use of sulfoxaflor, the bee-killing pesticide, on 13.9 million acres across 11 states.
EPA creates loophole for toxic air pollution
“EPA’s action is dangerous and shameful.”
Shift to renewable energy could have biodiversity cost, researchers caution
Climate change has widely reported negative consequences, and innovations in renewable energy technologies are central to achieving the Paris climate treaty goals...
US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries – shrinking...
It does no good tinkering around the edges of the war machine’s environmental impact.
Former shale gas CEO says fracking revolution has been ‘a disaster’ for drillers, investors
Steve Schlotterbeck, who led drilling company EQT as it expanded to become the nation’s largest producer of natural gas in 2017, arrived at a petrochemical industry conference...