Tag: environment
Biden announces $2 trillion climate and green recovery plan
Biden's sweeping proposals would put an end to all greenhouse gas emissions spewed by U.S. power plants by 2035. It would also ban fracking on public lands.
Trump’s gift to hunters: You can kill hibernating black bear mothers...
In Trump’s latest blow to America’s wildlife, the government wants to allow the worst trophy hunting practices on public lands in Alaska.
‘The cost of plastics is lives’: House oversight hearing highlights environmental...
“This is not about recycling, it is not about PPE. It is about an industry that is looking to put profit above people in every country on the planet.”
Fossil fuels’ ‘net-zero’ carbon emissions scam is something humanity doesn’t have...
Why vague commitments by fossil fuel corporations to “zero out” carbon emissions don’t add up.
Why Trump wants to kill the biggest environmental law you’ve never...
NEPA is one of the biggest federal policies ever enacted to protect our environment. But Trump is out to gut it — here's why.
Bipartisan senators praise passage of Great American Outdoors Act
“Years of bipartisan work have led to this moment and this historic opportunity for conservation.”
How to keep America’s public workers safe as we emerge from...
In a crisis like that, public servants will rely on the public to stand with them in demanding that officials implement aggressive safety plans and provide the other resources that workers need.
As Amazonian wildfire season approaches, we must protect the vulnerable forest
Jair Bolsonaro’s aggressive deregulation and exploitation of the Amazon’s resources threatens the entire planet.
Kangaroos are victims of the world’s largest commercial slaughter of terrestrial...
Importing kangaroo meat and skins must be banned in the EU, but Americans can also help protect this iconic species.
Court reaffirms Keystone XL’s non-pipeline construction permit invalid, again
“Constructing pipelines through rivers, streams and wetlands without analyzing the impacts on imperiled species is unconscionable."
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How Russia and China learned to love their border
Once one of the world’s most militarized frontiers, the Russia-China border along the Amur River Basin shows how a long-running territorial dispute can evolve from confrontation to integration.
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.
Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ regulatory rollbacks fuel surge in protective climate lawsuits
With President Trump’s intensified attacks on climate policy during his second term, lawsuits challenging U.S. federal actions drove global climate litigation, a new analysis shows.
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.