Community scientists have new EPA guidelines for sampling microplastic pollution. How useful are they?
The protocol acknowledges that because "microplastics smaller than [one millimeter] in size (such as microbeads) are more difficult to find... more sophisticated technology is required to conclusively identify them."
‘We won’t be intimidated,’ declare campaigners after ExxonMobil accused of pressuring witnesses in New...
"Exxon is polluting these proceedings just like it has polluted our communities."
EPA proposes ‘strongest ever’ standards for keeping coal plant pollution out of U.S. waterways
“The coal industry has benefited from lax pollution controls for decades, and we are pleased that the EPA is finally requiring the industry to stop dumping toxic pollutants into our waterways.”
Déjà vu all over again
Such consequences that you have never encountered in your history.
Algae growing under Arctic Sea ice found contaminated by microplastics
“Arctic biota are already under serious pressure from global heating, which progresses four times faster in the Arctic compared with the globe."
Meet the farmers putting politics aside to address climate change
The Practical Farmers of Iowa waste no time on partisan stances as they face the challenges of extreme weather and depleted soils.
How youth have changed the climate movement
Frustrated with a lack of process on curbing climate change, young activists are taking matters into their own hands.
Trump budget proposal reveals regressive environmental priorities
The White House’s 2021 federal budget proposal eliminates several important programs and slashes funding for others—like the Endangered Species Act.
ALEC, corporate-funded bill mill, considers model state bill cracking down on pipeline protesters
“We are concerned this Bill would target peaceful protests in certain contexts, such as protests which focus on environmental rights, imposing disproportionate penalties on protesters.”
California becomes first state to regulate plastic straws
The law, which will enter into force Jan. 1, prohibits restaurants from providing straws unless a customer requests one. It covers only sit-down eateries, not fast food restaurants, delis or coffee shops.