Saturday, May 17, 2025

The species that defined our year

Here you’ll find 12 of the species that struck us as we looked back at the year that was.

Unmasking the carbon charade: The truth behind fossil fuel giants’ green pledges

This analysis brings to light the stark contrast between the industry's public commitments and their actual plans, raising serious questions about the integrity of these pledges.

Biden administration lets DAPL oil continue to flow without permit

The administration allowed DAPL to continue pumping oil despite lacking a key federal permit.

Koalas face extinction in next 30 years without urgent intervention, report warns

"With the trees dying and the streams drying there is a recipe for disaster. Koalas are really on the brink of not surviving.”

Farm Bill: House proposal could wipe out communities’ power to prohibit pesticides

58 of those communities have adopted more comprehensive policies that prohibit the use of glyphosate.

On a Philippine island, indigenous groups take the fight to big palm oil

After years of struggling against the odds for the rights to their land, the indigenous peoples of Palawan appear to be making progress.

Trump’s pick to head Interior blocked report warning of pesticide risk to 1,000+ endangered...

"It's outrageous that Trump, Bernhardt and the industry hacks inhabiting this administration are speeding the extinction of nearly 1,400 endangered species by refusing to take any action on chlorpyrifos."

Vanguard / Facebook investment giant votes to require Exxon to Detail Climate risk disclosure

“Climate risk is an example of a slowly developing and highly uncertain risk—the kind that tests the strength of a board’s oversight and risk governance.”

New study shows the Arctic has entered an ‘unprecedented state’ that threatens the entire...

The study is a massive conglomeration of nearly 50 years of research.
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West Virginia candidate ousted from hearing for reading industry donors. But bill she opposed...

“We need to reject this bill. Let's start valuing our people and stop making it quicker and easier for multi-million dollar companies to take advantage of people in our state.”