Friday, February 6, 2026

Report: Plastics, oil industry deceived public on recycling use for more than 50 years

Industries knew plastics could not be recycled, yet they promoted it to boost disposability profits, echoing Big Tobacco’s campaigns of deception.

Climate crisis will shift tropical rain belt and create food insecurity for billions, study...

"We know that the rain belt shifts toward this heating, and that its northward movement in the Eastern Hemisphere is consistent with these expected impacts of climate change."

How Harold Hamm is bankrolling Trump’s 2024 campaign to advance Big Oil’s agenda

Behind Trump’s promises to dismantle climate regulations and drill more oil lies a $1 billion fundraising push led by billionaire Harold Hamm. This investigation reveals the deep ties between Trump, Big Oil, and their shared vision for America’s energy future.

Exposure to air pollution from traffic increases risk of low birth weight, study shows

Term low birth weight, defined in the study as a weight less than 5 pounds 8 ounces, can have lifelong implications for health, with increased risk for diabetes, heart disease and hypertension in later life.

Oil companies use paid news media partnerships to protect ‘social license to operate,’ documents...

Content created by the in-house advertising studios of major media is coming under growing scrutiny.

Keeping animals wild vs ‘safe’ should be prioritized, lion biologists argue

We are not advocating an entirely hands-off approach to conservation.

Hotbed of resistance: A voice from inside Trump’s EPA

On Feb. 6, 2017, 300 people took to the streets of Chicago in protest of the impending confirmation of Scott Pruitt as...

The almost completed oilsands pipeline you never heard about

“They wanted this one to happen quietly and under the radar.”

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.

Hurricanes Milton and Helene were intensified by climate change, researchers find

Hurricanes Helene and Milton are following the trend of these storms becoming supercharged and more likely to form, according to a pair of studies from the World Weather Attribution.