The commercial fishing industry is destroying vital marine ecosystems
This kind of factory fish farming dominates today’s seafood market, raising many ethical and environmental concerns.
Humanity has wiped out 60% of animal populations in the last 50 years
We are the 'last generation' that can save our planet.
HAPPENING TODAY: Youth climate leaders to flood congressional offices to demand Green New Deal
The movement calls for the creation of "climate plan in line with what science and justice demand."
2020 was a busy year for taking the climate fight to the courts
Given all this activity in the courts in 2020, the coming year will likely also be a busy one in terms of climate lawsuits.
‘The fossil fuel industry is terrified’: Gas company sues to destroy small town’s rights...
“Grant Township has proven against all odds that a community is capable of stronger protections for the environment than state or federal governments.”
Fossil fuel industry and Koch network fighting Pennsylvania’s move to join regional greenhouse gas...
Together these interests broadly representing coal and petroleum producers are trying to prevent Pennsylvania from joining regional programs to curb carbon pollution.
Former Koch agents, fossil fuel industry hired guns now staffing Trump’s federal agencies
The Trump transition team was loaded with Koch-tied operatives, many from the Institute for Energy Research, a Koch-funded group which helped carve out the Trump White House's energy policy.
Microbes are evolving to digest plastic, study finds
The study notes that the type and amount of enzymes correlates with location-specific pollution trends, showing just how ever-growing plastic pollution is causing these organisms to evolve.
America’s missed climate targets cost global economy $1 trillion, Dublin-based think tank finds
“Someone, somewhere, at some time will eventually pay the price.”
Plastic pollution in Antarctica 5 times worse than expected
As many as 51 trillion microplastic particles – 500 times more than stars in our galaxy – litter our seas, seriously threatening marine wildlife.