Trump administration moves to let accidental killing of endangered species go unpunished
A leaked memo would count only deliberate harm as a violation of the 1973 law, even though most protected species die by accident.
The big industry that COP26 failed to tackle
Our broken and inhumane food system is a huge source of emissions, so why isn’t it a major part of the climate solution?
Climate change and the deportation machine: A match forged in hell, Hurricane Harvey edition
Undocumented Texans in Hurricane Harvey’s path face a horrifying choice: deportation or risk of death.
Louisiana joins compact which brought out-of-state cops to Dakota Access protests
“It just seems that opposition to this pipeline is not reasonably based upon legitimate environmental concerns.”
All 5 living former U.S. Presidents come together for Harvey relief effort
“As former presidents, we wanted to help our fellow Americans begin to recover.”
Plastics in agriculture ‘disastrous’ new UN report says
“The report serves as a loud call for decisive action to curb the disastrous use of plastics across the agricultural sectors.”
Human extinction now imminent and inevitable? A report on the state of planet earth
Very soon now, the overwhelming evidence is that Homo sapiens will join other species that only exist as part of the fossil record.
US Fish and Wildlife precludes listing of monarch butterfly on Endangered Species Act; remains...
While the monarch butterfly remains a candidate for the list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found listing actions for 161 species on the National Listing Workplan a higher priority.
The Pacific Northwest has defeated dozens of fossil fuel projects — but the industry...
The fossil fuel industry, smarting from a string of defeats in Oregon and Washington, is hoping to continue to expand in the face of the climate crisis, but without arousing opposition.
Exxon sued again for ‘misleading’ advertising
“ExxonMobil’s advertising and marketing mislead the public by presenting ExxonMobil’s clean energy activities as a significant proportion of its overall business.”