Sunday, May 17, 2026

Vermont faces legal challenge from big oil over law requiring climate damage payments

A lawsuit from major fossil fuel groups aims to derail Vermont’s groundbreaking plan to make polluters pay for climate disasters.

Pledge to ditch the plastic straw

Join us in saying no to the single-use plastic straw and encourage those around you to do the same! 

3.4 million adults in US were displaced by extreme weather last year: Census Bureau...

The Census Bureau’s data shows that people were displaced by disasters in every state in 2022, including 29 states that did not have a major disaster involving FEMA.

Palm oil: the ingredient behind human rights abuses and eco-destruction that’s probably in your...

Palm oil is found in 50 percent of all consumer goods. And it’s killing the environment.

‘Largest environmental crime in Sweden’: 11 on trial for illegal dumping of toxic waste

The charges levied against the Nilssons and Think Pink are serious environmental crime, as well as serious economic crime.

World’s first commercial carbon sucking machine turns greenhouse gas into fertilizer

“It is clear today that we won't be able to achieve zero gigatonnes by the end of the century without the use of carbon removal technologies.”
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Michigan Gov. signs bill to keep Line 5 pipeline flowing

"We are deeply disappointed Gov. Snyder approved legislation that will keep oil pumping through the damaged Line 5 Pipeline for another decade or more."

Elizabeth Warren adopts $3 trillion climate crisis plan, challenges all 2020 candidates to do...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced that she would adopt Gov. Jay Inslee's climate crisis plan and add in a $1 trillion in investments to help protect workers...

Bayer investigates its shady PR firm after ‘Monsanto File’ scandal in France

"This is a very important discovery because it shows there are objective strategies to silence strong voices."

How the rise of populism is fuelling climate science denial across Europe

This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story.