EPA proposes improved water pollution control standards for slaughterhouses and rendering facilities
EPA begins process of mandating pollution reductions.
Exclusive: 'Eco-Terrorist' Freed 10 Years Early After Feds Withhold Evidence on Informant's Role
In his first interview since his release, Eric McDavid, environmental activist who has just been released from prison 10 years early, discusses his release exclusively with Democracy Now! Watch it in its entirety here.
Shell’s Permian Basin sell-off unlikely to reduce climate pollution
“You’re not reducing emissions, you're just transferring who produces them.”
After four dark years under Trump, words ‘climate’ and ‘science’ are back on EPA...
“You deserve access to science and data,” new EPA Administrator Michael Regan says.
Court requires EPA to protect communities against worst-case chemical spills
“It is way beyond time for EPA to exercise the moral and political courage to protect these overburdened communities from the daily assaults on their health and quality of life.”
"The Paris Agreement Will See the Planet Burn": Former Bolivian Climate Negotiator Pablo Solón
Pablo Solón once sat at the same table as the world leaders gathered in Paris to hammer out a U.N. agreement on global warming. Now he stands on the outside.
World leaders’ lack of urgency to fight climate crisis hangs over UN General Assembly
“Climate change ignores power politics. It doesn’t care how many armies you have, how many weapons you have… We saw in the pandemic when we don’t organize collectively how damaging it is. Climate is just much worse.”
‘Major hurdle’ cleared as youth activists advance historic climate case
“These brave young people have cleared a major hurdle in their pursuit of a judgment which compels European governments to accelerate their climate mitigation efforts.”
EPA to curb HFCs, severe climate-damaging pollutants used as coolants
Scientists estimate that a global push to reduce HFCs could avoid a half degree Celsius of global warming over this century.
Green Energy Is Surging and You’ll Never Guess Why
Many countries around the world have adopted wind and solar power for their electricity needs displacing hydrocarbons at a fast rate. Juan Cole highlights the stories illustrating the surge.