The World’s Largest Temperate Rainforest Has Just Been Saved
An agreement preserves British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest, home to the rare spirit bear and other wildlife, but allows some logging.
Noise Pollution May Be Harming the World’s Most Endangered Killer Whales
A new study shows that the din from large ships matches the frequencies used by Pacific Northwest orcas to find food and communicate with one another.
Monsanto’s Glyphosate Most Heavily Used Weed Killer in History
Monsanto has long maintained the safety of their widely popular product. The agribusiness giant has also vehemently denied glyphosate’s link to cancer.
How Businesses Can Protect the Environment
“As you can easily notice, any business can protect nature and there are different things that can be done in order to be environmentally conscious.”
20 Year Old Class Action Lawsuit on Radioactive Contamination Finally Moving Forward
BNL was designated a high-pollution Superfund site in 1989. The large amounts of radioactive tritiumH30 or radioactive water were found to have been leaking from BNL’s High Flux Beam Reactor in 1997.
VICTORY: Fracking Permits Halted in California
There will be no more fracking in California's offshore waters, at least until the U.S. Department of Interior can analyze the impacts of fracking on the environment.
It’s Day 100 of the Worst Environmental Disaster Since the BP Oil Spill
Residents are frustrated by the slow response to the Aliso Canyon gas leak.
Solar Energy Employs 3 Times More Americans Than Coal
More than 35,000 solar jobs added in 2015, bringing U.S. solar workforce total to nearly 209,000; an increase of 123% since 2010.
The Earth is Becoming a Plastic Planet
A new study says future geologists will be able to study our era based on the layer of plastic debris collecting worldwide.
Court Issues Order to Hold Biggest Polluters Accountable for Cleanup Costs
The U.S. Court of Appeals has recently decided it was time for polluters to pay for the destruction they have caused instead of making American taxpayers foot the bill.