Two scientists resign from EPA to protest recent firings
The scientists insist they will “not be a future prop for bad science.”
Court OKs the Destruction of Koala Habitat for a Giant Coal Mine
The Chinese-owned project could kill hundreds of the marsupials in one of Australia’s most fertile agricultural regions.
Let’s get arrested with Jane Fonda
“It is unsustainable to continue to believe [in] our system of runaway, unaccountable, lawbreaking pursuit of profit.”
Zero-Waste Markets Hit the U.S.
Several entrepreneurs are dabbling in ways to clean plastics out of the oceans. Introducing zero-waste markets.
Fossil fuels’ ‘net-zero’ carbon emissions scam is something humanity doesn’t have time for
Why vague commitments by fossil fuel corporations to “zero out” carbon emissions don’t add up.
Up to half a million sharks could be killed to create global coronavirus vaccines,...
Conservationists fear that if two doses of the vaccine are needed to immunize the global population than half a million sharks would subsequently die.
State Department rewrites climate change web page
Secretary of State Tillerson has maintained that he believes climate science is "not conclusive" so the changes aren't altogether surprising.
After Lead Contamination in House Office Building’s Water, Lawmakers Demand EPA Reforms
61 representatives are demanding the EPA improves its lead regulations after learning that the drinking water in one of the Congressional office buildings had been shut off due to lead contamination.
Could tolerant and peaceful bonobos be the model for human peacemaking?
“Both chimpanzees and bonobos are our closest living relatives and therefore studying their social systems and behavior can allow us to trace the evolutionary trajectories of certain phenomenons.”
Our Vanishing World: Birds
Birds are being killed with ruthless efficiency by human beings and their activities all over the world.