Environment

While environmentalists and large oil companies including Shell, BP and ExxonMobil oppose the changes to the rules, the Trump administration said the move will benefit smaller producers.

“Proponents of the law insist Washington State has a legitimate public interest to protect its citizens from oil train fires and explosions, but in the context of the transportation of crude oil by rail, a State cannot use safety as a pretext for inhibiting market growth or instituting a de facto ban on crude oil by rail within its borders.”

“Once again, the UN climate summit just prioritized the voices of the privileged and not those that are most affected by the climate crisis.”

Here are 13 of the best ideas for a just and sustainable food system, from saving seeds to curbing food waste.

Global heating has pushed warm-water reefs past a point of no return, scientists warn, with mass bleaching since 2023 affecting more than four-fifths of reefs and cascading risks for food security, coastal protection, and the global economy ahead of COP30.

“We're never going to back down.”

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the city of Omaha have spent decades trying to clean it up.

"We don't know how much of an impact this has on human health, or if it has any impact at all, but this means it's entering the food chain."

“Our work provides the first large-sample evidence showing that hydraulic fracturing is related to the quality of nearby surface waters for several U.S. shales.”

Even in a gas and oil state, customers are saving a billion dollars by switching to wind.