Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Testing finds toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in common US food pesticides

The results of the recent tests suggest that at least some of the agricultural products are being contaminated with PFAS from unknown sources.

EPA report on neonics proves US has ‘five-alarm fire’ on its hands, green groups...

"There's now no question that neonicotinoids play an outsized role in our heartbreaking extinction crisis," said one advocate. The EPA must "ban these pesticides so future generations don't live in a world without bees and butterflies and the plants that depend on them."

Study finds high concentration of microplastics in algae growing in Arctic

Scientists found microplastic particles were about 10 times higher in the algae samples than the surrounding waters, which they are now equating with microplastics found in the deep sea.

Two new rules shift trucks sales and all locomotives operating in California to zero...

“We applaud this ambitious move by the California Air Resources Board to mandate electrification of locomotives and trucks, setting a new bar in the state’s efforts to combat climate change and save lives."

New York to require public power provider to source 100% clean electricity by 2030

The move boosts renewable energy and could give the public more control over their energy.

Body lotions, cleaning fluids and other commonly used products contain toxic chemicals, study finds

These chemicals enter the surrounding environment as gases and can cause a host of health issues, including cancer.

Protesters blockade White House correspondents dinner over Biden’s broken climate promises

This past weekend, the newly formed Climate Defiance group made it a bit harder to get in.

Oil company gave $200K to group accusing pipeline opponents of taking secret money

Alberta-based Indian Resource Council quietly received funding from CNRL, corporate documents reveal.

How a tribal rights lawyer is winning back the rights of nature

Attorney Frank Bibeau found a way to legally protect nature by suing the state of Minnesota in the name of manoomin, or wild rice, sacred to the Ojibwe people.

BlackRock security, NYPD ‘brutalize’ climate protesters

Eleven out of 75 activists were arrested after storming the headquarters of the world's largest fossil fuel investor with pitchforks and fake oil.