Thursday, April 25, 2024

The race to stop Tar Sands pipeline financing before loans are even made

Efforts to defund Keystone XL target same banks that supported DAPL. “If you stop the flow of dollars, you stop the flow of oil.”

Johnson & Johnson recalls 33,000 baby powder bottles after FDA finds asbestos

"FDA will be working with Johnson & Johnson to facilitate further investigation to substantiate that the product is authentic."

New poll shows Pennsylvania voters want a ‘crackdown’ on fracking

As the promised benefits of fracking fail to materialize and the environmental costs mount, Pennsylvania voters of all demographics favor more regulation.

Overshadowed by COVID: The deadly extreme weather of 2020

So while attention was often focused elsewhere, perhaps understandably, here are some of the meteorological extremes recorded in 2020.

Manchin unveils full text of ‘shameless handout to the fossil fuel industry’

"It should come as no surprise that a corporate coal baron like Joe Manchin would push a fossil fuel bonanza under the guise of bureaucratic reform."

Exposure to low levels of air pollution is equivalent to smoking a pack a...

“The increase in emphysema we observed was relatively large, similar to the lung damage caused by 29 pack-years of smoking and 3 years of aging.”

Trump promised to revive Keystone XL – but TransCanada may not even want to...

The fate of the Keystone XL Pipeline will be decided in hearings this week in Lincoln, Nebraska, but one question remains unanswered.

Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 24

Congressman and his wife plead not guilty to campaign spending charges, Kroger to phase out plastic bags, and more.

Court hears expert testimony about how Montana ‘doubled down on fossil fuels’ and became...

The state has never denied a permit for a fossil fuel project, despite its constitution’s guarantee of the right to a clean and healthful environment.

Three years after the first global school strike, signs of the youth climate movement’s...

Instead of succumbing to the challenges of the past few years, young climate activists are learning to adapt and build on their past actions.