Environment

Glyphosate continues to be at the center of a number of controversies.

The fate of the Keystone XL Pipeline will be decided in hearings this week in Lincoln, Nebraska, but one question remains unanswered.

“Glyphosate is suspect… Monsanto’s argument is unacceptable.”

Tax credits have fueled the renewable energy industry's boom, but the Senate tax bill "undermine[s] our capacity to use renewable energy tax credits, which have value only if they can be monetized."

"The GOP Farm Bill is a disaster for people and the planet."

"This is an important moment. There is probably nothing more important for our nation and our world than for the United States to drive a bold, energetic transition in its energy economy from fossil fuels to renewable energy."

Humanity has, the scientists tell us, about a dozen years to get our environmental act together. Or else...

"We're afraid that we're going to start seeing significant damage to the natural resources in parks and potentially to historic and other cultural artifacts. We're concerned there'll be impacts to visitors' safety. It's really a nightmare scenario."

The Green New Deal as a concept has arrived. Where it goes from here is up to us.

The report describes at length the health and financial harms that coal, oil, and gas bring to the communities they cross, and how these harms are disproportionately impacting people of color.