Kept in the dark: How Louisiana weakened community air monitoring as industry pushed back
That stretch of roughly 85 miles, widely known as "Cancer Alley," is home to dozens of refineries and chemical plants and to many predominantly Black communities.
New study takes comprehensive look at how pesticides are contributing to global PFAS contamination
The study, which was published in the journal, Environmental Health Perspectives, confirmed the presence of PFAS in both agricultural and residential pest control, including pet flea treatments.
How Indigenous communities are building energy sovereignty
“If it’s extractive in nature, you are absolutely unwelcome.”
How the world’s first CO2 pipeline explosion turned a Mississippi town into ‘a zombie...
Effects from Satartia Gas Leak still linger for some in town.
Conservationists fear Japan’s ‘blatant’ attempt to overturn whaling moratorium could be accepted by International...
"Member countries must stand together and push progress towards whale protection, not let this commission be pulled back into the bygone era of commercial whaling."
Washington petrochemical plant subsidies would violate federal ‘double dipping’ rules say environmental groups
The Port of Kalama methanol plant, if built on the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon, would expand North America’s capacity to export products produced by fracked shale gas wells.
On Strip Searches And Press Freedom In North Dakota
The free press should now focus a fierce spotlight on the standoff at Standing Rock - a critical front in the global struggle to combat global warming and fight for climate justice.
Trump’s wildlife protection board supports trophy hunting
Although Trump had openly tweeted about being against hunting, some members of this advisory board have direct ties with the president and his family.
Ocean heat waves becoming more frequent and killing coral instantly
Marine heatwaves, which have become more frequent, intense, and have been staying longer, are playing a huge role in coral death, says...
Climate change could turn a carbon sink into a carbon bomb
There is some debate as to whether this thawing of permafrost in peatland ecosystems is “a long freight train moving slowly as it unloads its greenhouse gases" or a carbon bomb about to blow as the train careens off the tracks.