EPA boss launches program to ‘critique’ scientific consensus on climate change
Since taking the EPA’s helm, Pruitt has assisted with President Trump’s systematic dismantling of critical rules that protect the environment in favor of energy development.
Record number of fires burning in Amazon rainforest
There are a record number of wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil's space agency has said. Their smoke is visible from space and shrouded the...
What’s polluting the air? Not even the EPA can say.
Despite the high stakes for public health, the EPA relies on emissions data it knows to be inaccurate. To expose toxic hot spots, we first had to get the facts straight.
Massachusetts sues ExxonMobil for climate disinformation, greenwashing
Their collective response to climate science? To emphasize uncertainty and keep fossil fuels flowing.
Can a greater focus on companies’ positive environmental policies impact greenwashing?
As more businesses commit to true climate change, those who practice greenwashing will be exposed and pushed out for more favorable options, discouraging the practice altogether.
Endangered wildlife are getting dosed with rat poisons
Products marketed to kill rodents are instead threatening the lives of the wildlife that eat them as poisons travel up the food chain.
Cities Turning to a Plastic-Free Future
Plastic Free July is asking you to ditch one-time use plastic goods for an entire month.
Trump’s ‘hold’ on elephant trophies may not be enough
We should be helping advance the significant global momentum to ban domestic ivory markets, not getting in the way by allowing more trophy imports that feed ivory demand.
‘Nowhere is immune:’ Researchers find record levels of microplastics in Arctic Sea ice
"It suggests that microplastics are now ubiquitous within the surface waters of the world's ocean."
Could property law help achieve ‘rights of nature’ for wild animals?
Similar changes in political winds would have fewer effects on animals and their habitats if Congress formalized the preservation of property rights for wildlife habitat on public lands.