UN environment chief: Make polluters, not taxpayers, pay for destroying nature
A "pollution-free planet" is achievable but the world must take immediate action to meet that goal.
Plastic pollution in waterways likely to more than double by 2030, poses dire threat...
"This assessment provides the strongest scientific argument to date for the urgency to act, and for collective action to protect and restore our oceans from source to sea."
Grocery store opens world’s first plastic-free aisle
This comes at a time when unnecessary plastic pollution is a growing global concern that is affecting our oceans, habitats and food chains.
New report details fracking’s ‘widespread and severe harm’ to health and climate
"From a public health perspective and a climate perspective, stopping fracking is imperative."
Exxon doubles down on ‘advanced recycling’ claims that yield few results
The petroleum company is under investigation for misleading the public while exacerbating the global plastic pollution crisis.
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.
Noam Chomsky: The future of organized human life is at risk thanks to GOP’s...
We have to make decisions now which will literally determine whether organized human life can survive in any decent form.”
Wait, what? BP CEO argues for more oil and gas spending to solve climate...
“Climate crisis is a plague, Bernard Looney to the Hague.”
Intelligence thieves: How toxic pollutants are robbing communities of color
In her new book, author and ethicist Harriet Washington unearths one of the most overlooked aspects of environmental racism.
The Egg Industry, Scrambling
The egg industry has fought the legislative mandates, arguing that banning cages will cost producers and consumers more, without improving animal welfare.