Friday, July 3, 2026

The Koch brothers & Trump: The men who sold the world

With the help of the Koch Brothers, Trump and the Republican Party have “moved in the opposite direction from virtually the rest of the world.”

Goldman Sachs-backed firm invests big in shipping tar sands by train along Keystone XL...

The tar sands have a larger carbon footprint than other oil products when accounting for the product's entire life cycle – making it bad news for the climate.

Pruitt names lawyer who defended Koch Industries as a top EPA law enforcer

Traylor represents yet another conflict of interest.

The age of anger

As we sleepwalk into the future, the steady deterioration of the ecosystem will ultimately lead to total systems collapse.

9 shocking facts about plastics in our oceans

The amount of plastic in the world’s oceans could increase by a factor of 10 in the next decade.

Trump’s FBI nominee’s ties to Exxon

There is no reason to believe that any real federal investigation of ExxonMobil's climate change disclosures, or those of other companies, will occur while Trump is in the White House.

U.S. Senators: Heartland Institute mailings to grade school science teachers ‘possibly fraudulent’

This group of senators now wants DeVos to answer detailed questions about her contacts with the Heartland Institute.

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe receives $1 million investment to transition away from fossil fuels

"We are grateful and honored to accept the inaugural Henry A. Wallace Award and a grant from the Wallace Global Fund that will help us continue our resistance against the pipeline and transition to clean energy technologies like wind and solar."

Kids climate lawsuit heads to trial, judge denies Trump administration’s appeal

Juliana v. United States was brought by 21 young plaintiffs who argue that their constitutional and public trust rights are being violated by the government's creation of climate danger.

As climate change threatens food supplies, seed saving is an ancient act of resilience

In Norway, a high-tech seed vault flooded from melting permafrost. In Montana, locals keep their seeds in the library.