Tag: environment
How one organization is helping to grow cooperative businesses in New...
Green Worker Cooperatives nurtures co-op startups in the South Bronx.
The urgent need for climate action
So let us act with urgency, for the sake of future generations, and for the sake of our beautiful planet.
Shell reconsiders exploring Cambo oilfield in the UK
With a surge in oil prices since Russia invaded Ukraine, Shell is said to still be invested in the controversial oilfield project.
Toxic chemicals in food packaging weaken our immune system response to...
A new federal bill would advance public and environmental health by banning toxic chemicals from food packaging.
Gas flaring can harm people 60 miles away, study finds
Researchers found that people don't have to be right next to oil and gas fields to experience respiratory distress from flaring.
Fossil fuel extraction threatens Africa’s remaining elephants
The growing global outcry against the destruction caused by the oil and gas industry has pushed leaders to address their actions to...
The global seafood supply is being contaminated by microplastics, but major...
Our addiction to plastic is having negative effects all along the food chain.
Climate change a threat to human well-being and health of the...
The authors of the report and other climate researchers emphasize that urgent action is needed, both to address the causes of climate change and improve the capability of people to adapt to it.
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Apathy in the American Medical Association
It is well past time that they break their silence.
A mulish fool, a farce-spoiled pool and more swill from staggering misrule
No matter the mayhem, great or small,/ Dredge up “vandals did it” protocol.
Native American tribes came together to secure their rights to Colorado River water. Four...
If passed into law, the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would resolve the largest outstanding claim on the Colorado River while providing about $5 billion in federal funding to build infrastructure to transport the water across the reservations.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."