Sunday, August 17, 2025

Placing ‘politics about pollution control’ EPA drops surprise inspections for chemical and power plants

“Taking the element of surprise away from inspections decreases their effectiveness."

This climate strike is part of the disruption we need

Business, as usual, is what’s doing us in. We live on a planet that finds itself rather suddenly in...

The battle for rights of nature heats up in the Great Lakes

“All the studies say we need drastic action. If we think the courts are going to save the plants or the animals they aren’t.”

The tiger population in Nepal’s Parsa National Park is recovering rapidly

“Tigers are conservation-dependent species and they respond to the conservation efforts immediately.”

Massive fracking on Nevada public lands sought by Trump administration, conservation groups launch legal...

The protest says the BLM has violated the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act by failing to analyze the risks of drilling for oil and fracking with dangerous chemicals on such a massive scale.

The Egg Industry, Scrambling

The egg industry has fought the legislative mandates, arguing that banning cages will cost producers and consumers more, without improving animal welfare.

10 times as much of this toxic pesticide could end up on your tomatoes...

Did the chemical industry helped fashion EPA’s testing strategy?

Stanford study says renewable power eliminates argument for using carbon capture with fossil fuels

“I call these solutions 'magic' because they are unlikely to accomplish much in the real world except to distract our attention from the necessary work of cutting emissions.”

Any Democrat who takes fossil fuel money should face a primary challenge in 2020

The fossil fuel industry’s campaign contributions are a threat to democracy.

Texas oil regulators profit from the companies they oversee

Texas has long hosted a large and powerful oil and gas industry.