Amid Trump’s proposed pipeline safety rollbacks, senator questions regulators’ industry ties
Industry connections among Transportation Department regulators showed how they are seeking to loosen oil and gas pipeline safety regulations and Sen. Maria Cantwell is demanding answers.
How Exxon is using an unusual law to intimidate critics over its climate denial
Exxon has "a track record of promoting half truths, misrepresentations and in some cases outright lies."
Record number of U.S. weather disasters struck in 2020, costing billions
The fact that more people are living in areas vulnerable to climate disasters also contributed to the record number of billion-dollar events.
America did not vote for this cabinet
The cabinet is a strong indicator of who Trump's government will really be working for.
Life below water—the UN calls for action on ocean protection
Ahead of World Oceans Day 2021 and the second UN Ocean Conference next year, UN officials stressed the need for ‘clear, transformative and actionable’ solutions to the ocean crisis.
New UK study proves plastic bag legislation is working
"Great to see less plastic bags in our oceans, but we need the government to put an end to the use of all avoidable single-use plastic by 2025."
Why We Need to Keep 80 Percent of Fossil Fuels in the Ground
Life depends on it. Bill McKibben on the big changes we’ve already made in remarkably short order.
New York bans single-use plastic bags
New York becomes the second state to ban single-use plastic bags starting in March 2020.
Significant pipeline spill contaminates local water just 200 miles from Standing Rock
Local news have mentioned the event, but mainstream media outlets have ignored news of the spill.
How to truly ‘build back better’ on climate
The Build Back Better program isn’t just inadequate on climate—it may be a disaster. Here’s what movements are demanding next.