Tag: environment
The Shocking Consequences of the World’s Meat Addiction
Animal agriculture is killing billions of animals annually and harming our environment.
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Latest Effort to Block Air Pollution Rule
Twenty states tried to derail the Obama administration’s mercury regulation.
Court OKs the Destruction of Koala Habitat for a Giant Coal...
The Chinese-owned project could kill hundreds of the marsupials in one of Australia’s most fertile agricultural regions.
Pakistan’s Parliament First in the World to Go 100% Solar
“Pakistan’s solar insolation is one of the highest in the world, and foreign investors are taking note.”
Obama Just Protected 1.8 Million Acres of Desert. Here’s What They...
The three new national monuments in California’s Mojave Desert region link up important wildlife habitats.
There’s No Fracking That Can Be Done Safely
It is time everyone joins together in building the renewable energy future.
Dispossessed in the Name of ‘Security’
“The military is looking to expand its role by emphasizing what it portrays as ‘security’ threats arising from ecological disasters.”
Political Poison
The Flint lead disaster exposed the callousness of people like Michigan’s governor, who blame the poor for all of their misfortune.
The Earth is Becoming a Plastic Planet
A new study says future geologists will be able to study our era based on the layer of plastic debris collecting worldwide.
Voter Asks Ben Carson: If You’re So Smart, Why Don’t You...
At his town hall meeting in Iowa City, Ben Carson was asked why he does not publicly accept climate change to which Carson replies climate science is “politicized.”
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Mississippi pension fund sues Apollo Global Management over downplayed Epstein ties
The fund manages retirement savings for hundreds of thousands of Mississippi teachers, police officers and other public workers, and a shareholder case like it can force a company to hand over internal records.
Watchdog reporting examines a pension officer’s fossil fuel trades and a fire truck monopoly
The Lever's latest investigations trace a California retirement chief's oil and gas stock trading and a spreading set of antitrust suits over who builds America's fire engines.
ProPublica journalists strike over AI policy, exposing labor fault lines inside investigative media
The NewsGuild says two years of bargaining stalled over job security and artificial intelligence, and the union has taken its case to federal labor regulators.
U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese Slams U.S. “Complicity” as Trump Meets Netanyahu Despite ICC Warrant
We speak to Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, about Israel’s continued impunity from international law.
Del Monte Bankruptcy to destroy 420,000 Peach Trees in California
A steady decline in demand for canned products as consumers shift toward fresh produce and several other factors led to this collapse.