Biden-Harris administration’s bold plan to phase out single-use plastics across federal agencies
The Biden-Harris administration has announced significant commitments to eliminate single-use plastics from federal operations by 2035, with interim goals set for 2027, marking a crucial step in tackling the plastic pollution crisis.
Endangered salmon species returns to Northern California river habitat in over 100 years
Listed under the Endangered Species Act since 1994, this is the first time in almost a century Chinook salmon, the largest Pacific salmon species, returned to the McCloud River, which flows through Siskiyou and Shasta counties.
Young Indigenous organizers are taking the fight against oil pipelines to Biden
With the Line 3 and Dakota Access pipelines threatening Indigenous land, youth from the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes ran 2,000 miles to deliver a powerful message to the new administration.
158 giant tortoises return to Galápagos island of Floreana after 180 years
The reintroduction of the tortoise, a keystone "ecosystem engineer," is vital for seed dispersal and habitat regeneration in Galápagos conservation.
How California could get to 100 percent renewable energy
Despite all the money in politics, the future of cleaner energy is in the hands of local communities.
Dems say Big Oil execs failing to come clean on Trump’s $1 billion quid...
Nearly four months later, the lawmakers are still awaiting satisfactory answers.
Hurricane Maria’s death toll higher than official recording a new study reveals
The overall death toll is 15 to 20 times greater than the Puerto Rican government's official death record.
From pollution to performance wear: Fair-trade clothes made from 100% ocean plastic
“My motto is: there’s already so much plastic out there, why are we making more? There’s so much we can be pulling from. It’s already a resource; we just have to get it.”
Despite what the logging industry says, cutting down trees isn’t stopping catastrophic wildfires
Oregon’s timber industry has promoted the idea that private, logged lands are less prone to wildfires, but science doesn’t support that.
‘An incredible victory:’ Opponents of Keystone XL Pipeline praise judicial order blocking construction
The court’s decision will require the Trump administration to review more thoroughly the potential negative impacts of the pipeline on the surrounding environment and climate change.