Sunday, May 17, 2026

The White Earth band of Ojibwe legally recognized the rights of wild rice. Here’s...

“Manoomin, or wild rice, within all the Chippewa ceded territories, possesses inherent rights to exist, flourish, regenerate, and evolve, as well as inherent rights to restoration, recovery, and preservation.”

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.

As the planet warms, Trump sends a chill wind through Marrakech

Fortunately, the fate of the planet is not in the hands of one man. It's up to movements everywhere to save it.

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.

Protesters call out Canadian PM for his ‘betrayal’ over Kinder Morgan

"The commitment to build a pipeline in 2018 when we are in climate crisis is a crime against future generations."

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.

Keystone Pipeline leaks in South Dakota, spilling over 200,000 gallons of oil

“Enough is enough. Pipelines leak – it's not a question of 'if', but 'when.'”

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.

EPA to weaken rules to control toxic coal ash in water

Environmental activists plan to challenge these rollbacks in court. Let’s hope they succeed.

3 states pass anti-pipeline protest bills in two weeks

"While we are all paying attention to COVID-19 and the congressional stimulus packages, state legislatures are quietly passing fossil-fuel-backed anti-protest laws."