Saturday, August 29, 2026
The mouth of Santa Elena Canyon on the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park. Photo: Ralf Kiepert / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Bulldozers begin clearing ground for border barriers inside Big Bend National Park

Homeland Security set aside the National Park Service Organic Act, the Endangered Species Act and dozens of other laws to authorize the work, and a court challenge to that waiver is pending.

EPA employee denounces Pruitt, Trump in fiery resignation letter

Other staffers are dissenting from within the agency.

TD Bank joins other major financial institutes to commit to ambition climate action plan

The Group's commitment to a global climate action plan makes them the latest major financial institution along with Morgan Stanley and Barclays.

As Dakota Access Protests Escalated, Obama Admin OK’d Same Company for Two Pipelines to...

While all the focus has been on the North Dakota Access Pipeline another federal move on two key pipelines has flown under the radar.

Environmental groups sue Trump over offshore drilling expansion threatening coastal waters

Conservationists challenge Trump’s executive orders to revoke ocean protections, warning of devastating impacts on marine ecosystems, coastal economies, and the fight against climate change.

Huge pollution footprint flows from commercial communications satellites in orbit

Scientists are asking if the United States is prepared to handle the impacts.

Denver becomes latest city to require green roofs

"This is a battle won against climate but the war doesn't stop here."

Corporate ‘cage-free’ commitments are only meaningful with accountability

Reducing the suffering of chickens can only happen if companies follow through on their promises.

‘Global warming is not a problem’ says Net Zero Watch board member Lord Lawson...

Experts said his “prehistoric arguments” in the Spectator prove that Net Zero Watch is really “a front for tired old climate change denial”.

Trump’s EPA to reverse regulation on chemical found in drinking what that is linked...

“Trump’s EPA is choosing NOT to regulate #perchlorate, a dangerous chemical linked to fetal & infant brain damage and found in the tap water of millions of Americans. This decision ignores science and the law.”