World Oceans Day: Biden admin announces national parks’ plastic phaseout, new marine sanctuary
“Our national parks, by definition, are protected areas — ones that Americans have loved for their natural beauty and history for over a century — and yet we have failed to protect them from plastic for far too long.”
Dealing with climate PTSD
Alaska, in other words, is suffering climate death by a thousand cuts, while I struggle daily to accept the new reality: that the state is already irreparably changed.
People of color and low income communities are more exposed to pesticides in the...
“For too long communities of color have served as literal dumping grounds for many of our nation’s most dangerous toxic chemicals, including pesticides."
US-EU steel agreement to be first climate-friendly trade deal if passed
"The Sierra Club commends the Biden administration for pursuing a new, climate-focused agreement with the EU on steel and aluminum trade, which could become the nation’s first climate-friendly trade agreement."
Can This Entrepreneur Save Flint From a Plastic Bottle Crisis?
David Antelo says his reverse osmosis machines can provide clean water to the lead-plagued city without the landfill waste.
Prison inmates fighting California’s deadly fires
More than 2,000 inmates are working as firefighters, prompting new debate over this aspect of prison labor.
Three Times When the World Broke Open – and Two When It Might Again
Never before has humanity depended so fully for the survival of us all on a social movement being willing to bet on impracticality.
600+ environmental groups urge Congress to phase out fossil fuels
"This means a halt to all new fossil fuel development now, and it means a rejection of dangerous false solutions like market-based emissions trading programs."
Online calculator cuts farms’ greenhouse emissions
An internet tool is now available which helps to quantify and control farms’ greenhouse emissions released during the crop production cycle.
Great American Outdoors Act passes through Senate
"Passage of the Great American Outdoors Act will move us one step closer to fulfilling the LWCF’s promise and secure the future of our parks and public lands for the next generation."