Thanksgiving at Standing Rock
Too many of us whine and grieve that we are losing everything—but do nothing to stop it and just go along.
EPA identifies formaldehyde as an ‘unreasonable risk’ to public health amid industry pushback
EPA report highlights serious formaldehyde risks while chemical industry and lawmakers fight regulations
Affirming belief that waters are for drilling and pillaging, Trump erases Ocean Protection Policy
New executive order revokes Obama-era policy put in place following Deepwater Horizon.
Unfair food pricing is killing family farms and regenerative farming
In February, a dairy farmer friend sent me a note confiding that a few farmers she knows are living on cereal until...
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, August 29
Hurricane Maria caused 2,975 deaths in Puerto Rico, California joins nine other states and enacts trio of gun control bills that affect domestic violence offenders and more.
Hidden carbon subsidies will destroy us
Western governments have been heavily subsidizing their own fossil-fuel industries even as they exhort much poorer countries to do more to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
California pension funds have billions invested in fossil fuel companies named in state’s lawsuit
The two funds are resisting pressure from legislators and activists to shed their gas and oil holdings.
Current nitrate level EPA deems safe fails to reflect birth outcomes, other potential health...
The study said the current level of nitrate that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deems safe fails to reflect birth outcomes and other potential health risks.
COP27 ends with historic loss & damage fund, but status quo on emissions reductions
“COP27 has done what no other COP has achieved and created a loss and damage fund to support the most impacted communities of climate change.”
UN’s omission of fossil fuels in ‘Pact for the Future’ sparks global outcry
Recent negotiations have stripped these references, sparking widespread concern among environmental advocates and global leaders.