Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Tag: environment

Newly launched scorecard tool ranks food packaging for sustainability and safety

The goal of the project is to help businesses and consumers make informed decisions that reduce their environmental impact while also protecting human health.

Why more environmental justice organizations must join the call for a...

An open letter initiated by CODEPINK urges the world to take the arduous baby step of recognizing the deadly intersection of war and environmental destruction.

Coca-Cola’s plastic waste polluting oceans projected to reach 1.3 billion pounds...

Coca-Cola’s World With Waste projects that the company’s plastic use will be more than 9.1 billion pounds annually by 2030 if its practices do not change.

Melting glaciers threaten food and water supply for 2 billion people

Rapid glacier melt threatens global water security, agriculture, and climate stability, putting billions at risk, warns the United Nations.

Juliana v. US: Supreme Court decision brings 10-year climate case to...

"Our Children's Trust remains committed to working with young people to hold their government accountable and we will see the federal government back in federal court very soon."

Judge blocks Trump EPA from clawing back $14 billion in climate...

Judge Chutkan said the government’s “vague and unsubstantiated assertions of fraud are insufficient.”

Why seashells resemble spiraling galaxies and the human heart

From dissecting hearts to designing ornithopters, James Bell Pettigrew saw spirals as the blueprint of nature—but his grand vision was lost to history.

How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs...

There is a bigger issue here too—one that poses an existential threat to human health. Farms like this are central to the emergence and spread of so-called “superbugs.”

Supreme Court rejects lawsuit aimed to block climate change suits against...

The Republican effort fell short in stopping Democratic-led states from using their own state courts to sue the fossil fuel industry.

US National Parks saw record attendance in 2024, but staff were...

NPS staff have been told not to share external communications about the record number of visits.

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73% of Israelis want the Gaza genocide to end. Netanyahu says, ‘NO, full speed...

Israel did not enter this Land of Palestine to work with the Palestinians to create a two-state solution, as they were expected to do, but rather, they waged war to take over the entire country and its people.

Controversial ‘nonprofit killer’ clause quietly removed from GOP megabill—but advocates warn it could return

A sweeping provision to strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status without due process is no longer in the latest House GOP budget bill, but civil liberties groups say the threat to free speech and advocacy is far from over.

GOP budget plan threatens 34 million children with loss of food and healthcare

New report reveals nearly half of U.S. children could lose access to Medicaid or SNAP under Republican-backed budget reconciliation plan, disproportionately harming marginalized families.

2 million in Gaza face starvation as global call mounts for diplomatic aid convoy...

With famine intensifying under a full Israeli aid blockade, over 750 civil society groups call for governments to escort life-saving supplies into Gaza through Rafah in a diplomatic humanitarian mission.

House Republicans advance massive budget bill with Medicaid cuts and tax breaks after secret...

GOP lawmakers pushed a sweeping bill forward in a rare Sunday vote after cutting a backroom deal with far-right Republicans to fast-track deeper Medicaid cuts and slash food aid—while offering permanent tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations.