The EPA is banning chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used on food crops, after 14...
“The EPA has had nearly 14 years to publish a legally sufficient response to the 2007 Petition.”
A record 227 environmental defenders were killed in 2020
The study connected that rise in violence with the worsening of the climate crisis itself.
Meeting Paris goals means dealing with climate impacts of eating meat
With our already slim chances of avoiding “dangerous” global warming, the science suggests we can’t afford to leave food and farming off the negotiating table.
Cuomo denies permit for Northern Access pipeline
We commend Gov. Cuomo and Commissioner Seggos’ decision to stop this pipeline from moving forward.
Cigarette waste: New solutions for the world’s most-littered trash
A range of new tactics aim to curb cigarette butt pollution, including groundbreaking legislation that could hold tobacco companies accountable for their products’ waste.
Trump administration orders USDA and Forest Service to remove climate change references, suppressing critical...
The systematic erasure of climate change information from government websites threatens scientific transparency, public safety, and environmental policy.
Exxon could have helped stop climate change 30 years ago, ‘proprietary’ docs show
Instead the company’s Canadian arm developed a communications plan to make climate solutions like carbon taxes look economically reckless.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 26
Bill Cosby sentenced to prison, UN condemns U.S. for lack of universal health care, Montana judge restores grizzly bears' protection, and more.
‘Twisting words’: UK oil industry and business department using Climate Change Committee to justify...
Oil & Gas UK and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have been taking the CCC’s advice “out of context” when discussing new North Sea projects, say campaigners.
More than 800 tons of agricultural pesticides leach into world’s rivers each year, research...
Agricultural pesticides leach into the world’s rivers and oceans each year at an alarming rate, damaging a variety of ecosystems.