Thursday, March 28, 2024

Here’s what a defunded EPA means for America

The agency Trump plans to eviscerate does much more than fight climate change.
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Joe Biden canceled Keystone XL. Indigenous leaders demand the same for the Dakota Access...

“The best thing that he can do is drop the appeals to this and stop the oil from flowing now.”

Winners (and losers) in New York’s plan to make college free

The first-in-the-nation scholarship program would serve about 1.5 million full-time students. But there are downsides.

685,000+ send comments in support of Bears Ears National Monument

“The people have spoken – more than half a million strong – and 99 percent expect these magnificent lands to be held in the public trust for future generations.”

Fracking’s ‘new religion’ offers false hope

U.S. oil fracking industry is asking investors to have faith that ‘bigger is better’ to try to lure them back into risky shale investments.

More US residents than ever before understand climate crisis is real and dangerous

There is a growing awareness that the extreme weather events of recent years are caused by the climate crisis, with an all-time high of 70 percent of people believing that global warming is impacting U.S. weather right now.

EPA releases first-of-its-kind report on food waste

Despite pledging to cut food loss and waste in half by 2030, the U.S. is far from reaching its goal.

What is our land for?

Should we graze it, log it, drill it, and mine it? Or should we preserve it, study it, recreate in it, and revere it?

Climate change isn’t just making cyclones worse, it’s making the floods they cause worse...

Amphan Mark II need not be as destructive as we’ve projected if the world’s governments act now to meet Paris agreement climate goals.

‘Major victory:’ Landowner’s legal challenge halts construction of Bayou Bridge Pipeline in Louisiana

"We have been tased, pepper sprayed, put into choke holds, and beaten with batons to stop this illegal construction that ETP was carrying out despite not having an easement for the land."