Saturday, October 31, 2026

Tag: environment

The case for global climate reparations

The principle of making polluters pay works at a local level. Here's how to apply it to the international arena.

A growing presence of ‘forever chemicals’ in California produce, new study

According to Environmental Working Group, 37 percent of California-grown produce samples contained at least one of 17 different PFAS pesticide residues.

US Forest Service stops issuing firefighter pants that contain PFAS, following...

Despite knowing about the use of PFAS, officials with the Forest Service had not previously informed wildland firefighters about it.

A warming planet makes nor’easters & other storms more intense: Climate...

With its defunding of scientific infrastructure across the country, “the Trump administration is truly putting Americans in harm’s way.”

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.

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Protesters carry Palestinian flags and signs at a demonstration in Berlin.

Rape as a Tool of Empire: Cornell, Palestine, and the Silence of Western Feminists

“In both cases, their perpetrators and assailants can leave the crime scene unscathed, with their hands clean.”
Voters stand at voting stations in a polling place.

In a Country That Needs Heroes, Here Are a Few Standouts This Election Season

“Right now, the United States is unhappy enough to need a lot of heroes.”
The U.S. Capitol building with its dome in Washington.

515 donors gave $4.2 billion to 2026 super PACs, Public Citizen finds

Elon Musk alone gave $445 million, about 10% of the total, according to the group's analysis of FEC data through late October.
The entrance of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington.

McMahon plans $43,279 in office furniture as Education Dept shrinks

Senators Baldwin and Murray asked the Education secretary to cancel the purchase. The department says her current furniture does not fit its new office space.
Blue entrance of the Karnes County Civil Detention Center with metal benches outside

ICE lists 36 detainee deaths in fiscal 2026, most since 2018

The agency's own page shows 29 deaths by mid-April and seven more through Aug. 23; DHS has said the size of the detained population explains the rise.