Monsanto Ordered to Pay $46.5 Million in PCB Lawsuit in Rare Win for Plaintiffs
Long Beach says it has “incurred substantial costs” cleaning up the chemicals and is seeking compensatory and punitive damages for public nuisance and costs of suit.
EPA Bans Fracking Wastewater from Sewage Treatment Plants
“While no known municipal treatment plants currently accept fracking waste, the option could have become more attractive to drillers as standards tightened on other waste disposal methods.”
Susan Sarandon wants you to change banks to protest the DAPL
Sarandon is asking for activists to pull their money out of the banks which are invested in the Dakota Access pipeline. #WaterIsLife
Standing Rock chairman demands ‘leader to leader’ meeting with Trump
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says public comments on the DAPL environmental review are being accepted through Feb. 20, despite Trump’s orders on pipeline.
Chemical spill closes four Lake Michigan beaches
Health groups are pushing for federal regulators to set national drinking water standards.
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.
Judge to FDA: Agency must pull aside curtain on GE salmon
The public has a right to know how the agency came to this seemingly ill-informed decision, especially because the FDA’s approach will likely serve as a precedent for the assessment of future GE food animals.
Plastics endanger human, planetary health at ‘every stage of their lifecycle,’ study finds
From fossil fuel extraction, production, use, recycling and disposal, the study concluded that plastics are a "grave, growing, and under-recognized danger" causing disease and death.
Desperate People, Hazardous Escapes
Conditions in some countries are so abysmal, its residents are deciding to flee their homelands for the possibility of opportunity and freedom. Unfortunately, upon arrival to the U.S., a ‘migrant detention center’ awaits them with horrible treatment.
Pink Ribbons and Corporate PR Won’t Cure Breast Cancer
These women want solutions for breast cancer, not pinkwashed corporate sales events.








