New Study Highlights Big Unknowns of Public Health Harm From Fracking’s Chemical Cocktail
Researchers had information on reproductive and developmental toxicity for only 24 percent of over 1,000 chemicals they looked at.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, October 2
Amazon adopts $15 minimum wage, California bans animal-tested cosmetics and becomes first state to require women on corporate boards, and more.
‘Anything but secure’: advocates decry USDA rule allowing Big Ag to set its own...
"Consumers have a right to know how gene editing is being used to produce the foods they buy in the market."
The fossil fuel industry wants to keep new buildings dependent on gas
26 U.S. states have passed laws designed to prevent towns, cities, and other local governments from crafting new “natural gas bans” or enforcing those laws.
EPA disbands panel that reviewed clean air standards, appoints new members to Clean Air...
"We're seeing EPA trying to cut science out of the process."
KXL Pipeline developer plans to start construction in 2019
The KXL has been at the center of a contentious fight for a decade.
How a ‘pro-climate’ charity channeled cash to a Koch-funded think tank
Opaque funds are masking donations to political causes.
In Post-Olympics Brazil, A Political Coup Is No Game
Brazil is a remarkable country, with more than 200 million people, a vibrant culture, a huge economy and, with the majority of the threatened Amazon rainforest within its borders, a vital role to play in the fight to limit human-induced climate change.
Replacing coal with renewables could save energy customers $8 billion a year, financial analysts...
“We conducted an in-depth, asset-by-asset assessment of the coal fleet in the U.S. and found that >70 GWs of coal capacity will become economically at risk through the course of the next decade.”
Meet the activists risking life and limb to protect rivers
In late March of this year, an unusual group of activists gathered in Tbilisi, Georgia for a four-day conference to strategize around stopping destructive hydropower projects across the globe.









