Tag: environment
Supreme Court urged to hear youth climate case after 43 lawmakers...
Lawmakers support youth-led lawsuit demanding government accountability on climate policies.
The earthquake environmental justice aren’t talking about
In Syria, what happened on Dec. 15 wasn’t an earthquake—it was a massive airstrike that Israel carried out in Syria.
California pesticide regulators links herbicide paraquat to risks to wildlife, human...
Paraquat, which has been linked to a range of diseases, is banned in more than 70 countries.
Arbor Day Foundation to plant 10 million trees to replace those...
The trees will be planted in forestlands and communities in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia.
Energy prices drop below zero in UK thanks to record wind-generated...
The record output provided more than 68 percent of the country’s power.
Montana Supreme Court delivers landmark ruling in youth climate case against...
Montana’s highest court upholds a decision declaring state-sanctioned fossil fuel projects violate the constitutional rights of youth, marking a pivotal moment in climate litigation.
Scientists develop carbon-capturing 3D printing method to revolutionize construction
NTU Singapore researchers unveil a breakthrough that reduces the carbon footprint of concrete while enhancing its strength and efficiency for 3D-printed buildings.
Biden administration announces US Maritime Decarbonization Action Plan
The strategies in the Maritime Decarbonization Action Plan provide actions that the federal government and private sector can take to see through to net-zero maratime emissions.
The Arctic Refuge at a crossroads: Native voices, environmental risks, and...
The Arctic Refuge faces a critical moment as drilling plans threaten Indigenous rights, wildlife, and the climate, with Biden’s limited protections set to collide with Trump’s expansive energy agenda.
A valuable and generous ally’: How Exxon and Atlas Network worked...
New documents show close coordination between the oil major and a coalition of free-market think tanks at a crucial moment in climate diplomacy.
POPULAR
Nearly half of US hospitals no longer deliver babies, new report finds
Rural hospitals keep losing the fight over leaner Medicaid budgets, and a separate analysis finds reaching the nearest labor and delivery unit already takes an hour or more in fourteen states.
F is for Failure and Fascism
On leadership, character, climate, prices, trade, alliances, militarism, health, civil/voting rights, even law and order.
Pentagon Iran War Report admits to Worst Drubbing since Vietnam
The Pentagon puts the war's cost at 33.4 billion dollars, independent estimates put it at more than three times that, with strikes across roughly twenty Middle East bases.
Kennedy Center board warns of bankruptcy unless Trump’s name returns to building
A 57-page draft resolution ties the center's fundraising future to ten proposed inscriptions honoring the president, as a federal judge who already ruled the board overstepped weighs a related case.
Judge orders Labor Department to rewrite farmworker wage rule after finding it unlawful
The ruling forces new minimum pay rates for the guestworker visa program that brings in most of the country's legal farm labor, with back pay possible for hundreds of thousands of workers.