Tuesday, March 31, 2026

‘It’s a big one’: Latest pipeline spill in Iowa leaks 140,000 gallons of diesel

The spill will mark the largest U.S. diesel spill since 2010.

Poison papers: Monsanto knew PCBs were toxic for years but sold them anyway

Monsanto's vice president of global strategy did not contest the authenticity of the documents.

Our planet versus plastic bags—a tale of two cities

Americans discard 100 billion plastic bags annually, the equivalent of 12 million barrels of oil.

The future of industrial hemp and biofuels

Hemp is a low-cost alternative to a variety of products, and when you add that introducing would go a long way to reducing climate change, there is no question that we should be using it.
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“Duh, of course I would”: Bernie Sanders vows to take legal action against fossil...

"How do you hold fossil fuel executives who knew that they were destroying the planet but kept on doing it?"
Construction along the Keystone XL pipeline.

BP pipeline ruptures into CO river

The county where this spill took place has experienced 19 reported spills in 2016, 12 of those incidents were BP.

Sand: The endangered natural resource

Two other huge sand hogs are devouring ever-increasing volumes of this resource: Beach restoration and Big Oil fracking.

Is science failing the world’s primates?

There are more than 500 known primate species, but it would be hard to tell that by looking at recent research. Want...

Los Angeles school board commits to renewable energy after months of grassroots campaigning

"This 100% Clean Energy school district commitment demonstrates what can happen when students, parents, teachers and school district leaders work to move the needle on climate."

650,000 K-12 Children Attend School Within One Mile of a Fracked Well in U.S.

The spread of fracking across the U.S. over the last decade has been damaging to our environment and health, and it’s time to put a stop to the practice and start healing the damage.