Climate Change and the 1,000-Year Flood in Baton Rouge: When Will We Learn?
There is growing grass-roots activism directly confronting the extraction and transport of fossil fuels in addition to raising awareness of climate change.
Governor of North Dakota: When Trump is president DAPL ‘will get its easement’
“I support the legal completion of this pipeline. Make no mistake, this infrastructure is good for our economy. And it's the safest way to transport North Dakota products."
Two scientists resign from EPA to protest recent firings
The scientists insist they will “not be a future prop for bad science.”
Trump administration withdraws proposed PFAS regulations, giving polluters a green light
Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks spark outrage over PFAS deregulation.
Trump administration is making ‘explicit attempts’ to suppress climate change science
The Trump administration “has sidelined scientists and experts, flattened the morale of the career staff, and by all accounts is bent on hollowing out the agency."
Germany bans meat at all official functions to combat climate change
Because animal agriculture is responsible for a large percentage of greenhouse gas emissions, Germany’s Federal Minister for the Environment recently banned meat from being served at official functions.
Nanonplstics not just in seafood, new study finds small plastic particles penetrate crops
The study confirmed that humans and animals are consuming nanoplastics not just through seafood and water sources, but now through agriculture.
The Great Barrier Reef and the Real Danger to the World’s Oceans
The Great Barrier Reef, the largest living structure on Earth, is on its death bed and will be lucky to survive just another 5 years. The culprit? It’s not what you think.
Photo essay: The military is poisoning America’s groundwater
But the Pentagon assumes no liability and refuses to pay for cleaning up the contamination it has caused.
US Coast Guard demands Taylor Energy clean up 14 year oil spill or face...
"The time to clean this up was 14 years ago. Taylor Energy has shown nothing but negligence all this time."