Saturday, December 20, 2025

President-elect Joe Biden appoints his environmental team

“Folks, we're in a crisis. We literally have no time to waste...”

WHO Report: One in four children die each year from unhealthy environments

Nearly 2 million children a year lose their lives to conditions caused by environmental pollution and hazards.
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Activists sue to block plans to bury 3.6 million pounds of nuclear waste near...

Residents are fighting the permit issued by the California Coastal Commission to store the millions of pounds of nuclear waste within 100 feet of the ocean.

Louisiana’s Cancer Alley residents sue chemical plant for nearly 50 years of air pollution

The magnitude of this injustice is driving people to make sure their community’s voice is heard.

What to do when you see science denial at the science museum

I went to DC’s Smithsonian Museum of Natural History expecting to learn about the history of our planet. Instead, I stumbled upon a Koch-funded climate denial disaster.

PennEast Pipeline cancelation could signal ‘end of an era’ for unnecessary fossil fuel projects

The pipeline would have crossed more than 88 waterways, 44 wetlands, 30 parks, and 33 conservation easements. Experts say the cancelation demonstrates that federal regulators must stop approving gas pipelines that fail to show they are needed in the first place.

This year’s e-waste to outweigh Great Wall of China

2021’s mountain of waste didn’t grow out of nowhere.

Footage of offshore oil accident highlights risks of deepwater drilling

A November incident involving the Transocean Deepwater Pontus drillship is a reminder that “simple failures can cause serious incidents, in the blink of an eye,” one oil spill expert said.

$83 billion West Virginia petrochemical deal with China on skids due to trade war,...

The deal would be worth more than the total gross domestic product of West Virginia, which was $76.8 billion in 2017.

Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, August 1, 2018

ICE served eviction notice in Syracuse, Trump tweaks capital gains to benefit the rich, US deports parents but keeps their children, and more.