UK retailers ban glitter from store brand products this holiday season
As the movement against glitter brings awareness about microplastics, Morrisons, Waitrose and John Lewis' store brand holiday products will be glitter-free for 2020.
Eco-collapse hasn’t happened yet, but you can see it coming
And no excuses, okay? We’ve been given fair warning.
Officer found not guilty of killing unarmed teen on video
“It will have to be challenged, in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. It will have to continue to be challenged on a federal level.”
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
Air pollution can cross the placenta, reach the fetus, in human pregnancies
"This is the most vulnerable period of life. All the organ systems are in development. For the protection of future generations, we have to reduce exposure."
Bernie Sanders Receives Another Major Union Endorsement
The endorsement was unanimously approved by the rank-and-file local delegates from the organization.
Climate justice is racial justice is gender justice
What is a “just transition,” anyway? Bill McKibben asks Jacqueline Patterson, the director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program.
Shell to pay up for contaminating groundwater in California
"Thankfully for this verdict, we can ensure that our residents have a safe, reliable source of drinking water, and not have to face the same issues that far too many of our fellow valley residents have to face.”
Rising homelessness highlights need to invest in proven solutions, reject policies that worsen homelessness...
Reducing, and ultimately solving, homelessness will require expanding rental assistance and access to supportive services.
Local newspapers are lifelines for climate-disaster communities
Can they survive the news desert?