Wednesday, February 4, 2026

The People Win Over Shell in Fracking Water Withdrawal Case

In a unanimous ruling, the Appellate Division in Rochester ruled against Shell's Painted Post water withdrawal project.

Black farmers embrace practices of climate resiliency

They are using heritage farming practices to undo some of the damage brought on by decades of intense tillage by early European settlers.

Oil and gas inundated Facebook with election season ads after Biden released climate plan

ExxonMobil and the American Petroleum Institute were top spenders in a $9.6 million election-year fossil fuel marketing blitz targeting U.S. Facebook users.

This $25,000 solar-powered SUV is coming to the U.S.

“Our mission, ‘solar on every vehicle’ must be a global effort.”

Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, October 10

Judge throws out felony charges against climate deniers, the top immigrant-friendly cities in the United States, Nikki Haley resigns as UN ambassador, and more.

Republicans in Nebraska are trying to restrict wind power development by labeling it as...

One dangerous provision in the bill would redefine the term “renewable energy generation facility” by removing the word “wind” from the list of designated facilities.

Samsung to go 100 percent renewable energy by 2020

Samsung's commitment is the first of its kind from an Asian electronic manufacturing company.

Nearly 29,000 tons of COVID plastic now floats in the oceans, study finds

A new study calculates for the first time how much of that waste is ending up in the oceans and what it is doing once it gets there.

Big oil foresaw extreme flooding now predicted to hit US coasts almost daily

While society generally may not yet understand these consequences, major oil companies have understood the risks of climate change driving these impacts for decades.

PepsiCo and Coca-Cola sued over plastic pollution and misleading recycling claims

The legal challenge asserts that PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have falsely promoted their products as recyclable, despite knowing the significant environmental harm plastic pollution causes.