Kids climate lawsuit heads to trial, judge denies Trump administration’s appeal
Juliana v. United States was brought by 21 young plaintiffs who argue that their constitutional and public trust rights are being violated by the government's creation of climate danger.
EPA takes action to protect Pacific salmon from pesticides
Pesticides generally are a problem for salmon for several reasons and can have a variety of impacts depending on the chemical involved.
Climate scientists attack Tony Abbott’s ‘misleading’ speech to Global Warming Policy Foundation
Abbott told the GWPF that rising carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning could be “beneficial.”
Tyson Foods uses land twice the size of New Jersey to feed its factory...
“When a single company has leverage over so much farmland, its actions have substantial consequences."
Court throws out Energy Transfer’s ‘racketeering’ claims against Dakota Access pipeline opponents
“It is also a check on corporate efforts to silence dissent.”
English lawyers refuse to prosecute climate protestors in ‘declaration of conscience’
“Young lawyers are being placed in an impossible position. We’re being told by our firms and regulators it’s a professional obligation to act for fossil fuel projects, knowing that doing so will poison our own future and all of life on Earth."
US government knew climate risks in 1970s, National Petroleum Council documents show
“It’s not just Exxon. This is industry-wide knowledge of the fact that the fossil fuel industry’s products were going to cause climate change, and that was going to have damaging side effects for the world.”
Malaysia to return 3,300 tons of plastic waste illegally imported from countries including the...
"Malaysia will not be a dumping ground to the world ... we will fight back."
USDA indefinitely suspends honey bee tracking survey as states get approval to use bee-killing...
"Yet another example of the Trump administration systematically undermining federal research on food safety, farm productivity, and the public interest writ large."
Documents shine new light on Koch brothers’ early efforts to abolish the department of...
A scheme to abolish the Department of Energy (DOE) helped spur a failed 1980 Libertarian Party presidential bid — and in the...