Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Tag: environment

The oil industry’s latest disaster: Trillions of gallons of buried toxic...

Industry and regulators knew decades ago that injecting drilling’s toxic liquid leftovers underground wasn’t safe.

Chemical giant to discontinue production of herbicide with active ingredient in...

Because it contains a mix of an active ingredient in Agent Orange and glyphosate, Enlist Duo is said to be one of the most dangerous herbicides still used on food crops.

EPA reapproves drift-prone pesticide dicamba

This decision will allow farmers in 34 states to use the herbicide on dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton, following a 2024 court ruling that had previously vacated its use.

The War intervention: AI, data centers, and the environment 

This increasingly inextricable partnership between AI and the war economy is throwing us into a fast track of climate and environmental chaos that threatens us all.

The hidden costs of light pollution: Protecting the night for people...

Communities can balance safety, cultural life, and ecological health by designing nighttime lighting that protects both people and the natural world.

We’re racing down the highway to a Mad Max World

There’s a Degrowth Exit Up Ahead.

The next frontier of climate accountability: Making Big Food pay its...

The “polluter pays” principle transformed the energy industry half a century ago. Now, as industrial agriculture drives climate breakdown, deforestation, and water scarcity, experts say it’s time to apply the same rule to our food systems—and make corporations, not consumers, bear the cost of the damage.

Congress passes final spending bill with cuts to EPA, Interior budgets

The bill passed after a year of mass firings were conducted by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

Trump’s EPA could limit its own ability to use new science...

In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks.

Local ordinances grant legal rights to native stingless bees in Peruvian...

This marks the first time insects have received legal rights to exist, thrive, and be defended in court in the Satipo province and Nauta town.

POPULAR

Despite media knocks, Maine’s Graham Platner qualifies as this year’s breakthrough Senate campaign star 

Who knew a year ago that a scintillating Maine campaign could be a national spark plug to a new progressive movement?

The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families

A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.

Trump’s wind blockade collapses after states force major court retreat

A federal appeals court dismissal leaves intact a ruling that found the Trump administration’s freeze on wind approvals unlawful, preserving state clean-energy investments as new data shows renewable power growing despite political and legal headwinds.

Trump and GOP face new scrutiny over Social Security retirement age threat

Democratic senators are pressing the president to say whether he would veto benefit cuts, as the program’s 2032 funding deadline becomes a flashpoint in the fight over retirement security.

A climatic presidency

Donald Trump gets hot, hot, hot.