Thursday, August 21, 2025

Curbing the Soda Industry’s Influence, One County at a Time

Colorado's Boulder County Board of Health will not take donations of any kind from the beverage industry.

SCOTUS opinion says states can block Medicaid money for health services at Planned Parenthood

Justice Neil Gorsuch and five other justices found that "while Medicaid law allows people choose their own provider, that does not make it a right enforceable in court in the case."

EPA refuses to allow warning labels for glyphosate

California tried to warn the public about glyphosate but the EPA is siding with Monsanto.

Trump’s EPA rolls back regulation of chemical linked to brain damage in infants that...

“Is this what the Environmental Protection Agency has come to?”

Medicare for all: A prescription for what ails us

There is no rational reason why Medicare couldn't be expanded to cover all Americans, regardless of age, from birth to death.

Covid-19 crisis failure, people must save themselves and the economy

Our actions need to be about building a people’s movement that grows in power before and after the November elections.

America’s dairyland may have a PFAS problem

First, there was Fred Stone, the third-generation dairy farmer in Maine who discovered that the milk from his cows contained harmful chemicals. Then...

Plastics recycling ‘does not work,’ environmentalists stress as U.S. recycling rates drop to 5%

The authors of the report hope it sheds light on the inefficiency and unsustainable nature of plastics and plastic recycling to inspire better, widespread policies moving forward.

Scathing Report Blames State and Federal Government For Flint Water Crisis

“The Flint water crisis occurred when state-appointed emergency managers replaced local representative decision-making in Flint, removing the checks and balances and public accountability that come with public decision-making.”

Pesticides cause ‘catastrophic’ harm to people and planet, UN report says

“The overuse of pesticides has crippled agricultural ecosystems by helping to spur pest infestations.”