A Fitbit for Polar Bears Reveals Their Struggle to Survive
Scientists document that climate change is forcing the animals to exert more energy to find food.
Murder of activist in India highlights growing risk to environmental defenders
Ajit Maneshwar Naik, a 57-year-old environmental activist who fought against the construction of new dams on the Kali River in the state of Karnataka in India, was killed last month.
Is the U.S. Fracking boom based on fraud?
Will the biggest innovation of the fracking revolution be making financial fraud a laughing matter?
Oceans, tuberculosis and killer robots – the UN’s diverse agenda in 2017
The first session of the UN conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons.
Phthalate exposure linked to increased risk of childhood cancer, study finds
The data also shows a nearly three-fold higher rate of osteosarcoma (a bone cancer) and a two-fold higher rate of lymphoma (a blood cancer).
Climate activists decry pipeline ‘deal with the devil’ at protest outside Schumer’s home
"It's time to stop building fossil fuel infrastructure and that means no more pipelines. Chuck, stop appeasing Manchin!"
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, October 2
Amazon adopts $15 minimum wage, California bans animal-tested cosmetics and becomes first state to require women on corporate boards, and more.
Earth is shaking a lot less now that everyone is staying home
The reduction in seismic activity, like reduction in air pollution, also show that people are adhering to social distancing guidelines from governments around the world.
BP scales back climate targets as profits more than double
BP now plans to increase its oil and gas production over the next seven years.
Exposed: Saudi Arabia’s secret plan to fuel fossil dependency in Africa and Asia
The investigation discovered that this extensive plan involves not only the deployment of fleets of petrol and diesel-fueled vehicles, but also a calculated move to lobby against subsidies for electric vehicles across the globe.