Orangutan habitats being cleared in areas near palm oil mills, report finds
A new study identifies the palm oil mills in Indonesia with the most clearance of orangutan habitat happening around them.The top 10...
A Toxic Threat Is Killing Off Europe’s Killer Whales and Dolphins
Researchers find high exposure to PCBs could drive some marine mammal to extinction.
Fracking Pumps Up Public’s Climate Fears
Governments worldwide are finding that public opposition to fracking for gas is growing because of concerns that it will worsen climate change.
I couldn’t go to Standing Rock, so I closed my bank accounts instead
There are 38 banks supporting the Dakota Access pipeline. I found out mine was one of them.
Tracking the numerous tactics used to attack environmental protections around the globe
A recent study published by the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution finds that laws designed to protect the environment and biodiversity from the harmful impacts of human activities are under assault around the globe.
Judge allows DAPL to keep pumping oil despite lack of permit
“Here, an environmentally devastating pipeline was constructed in flagrant violation of the law.”
House passes PFAS Action Act which protects environment and human health
“We are one step closer to protecting the health of Americans from these toxic forever chemicals.”
What happens to wildlife swimming in a sea of our drug residues?
Our rivers and streams have become a soup of hundreds of drugs—mostly pharmaceuticals—that come from the treated water released from wastewater facilities.
1,200 dead, 41 million affected by flooding in India, Bangladesh and Nepal
Although the monsoon is an annual event, this year’s rains have been considered far worse than usual, and people are blaming climate change for making things much worse.
Biden administration to keep Trump-era removal of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species...
“It’s shocking that Biden officials are backing Trump’s ruthless decision to strip protections from wolves.”