Tag: environment
Plastic pollution: Could we have solved the problem nearly 50 years...
What if we’d listened to the researchers who first warned us about plastic pollution in the 1970s?
Carbon emissions reach record high worldwide in 2018
"[D]espite major growth in renewables, global emissions are still rising, demonstrating once again that more urgent action is needed on all fronts."
Navajo Nation Council ceases efforts to acquire coal-fired power plant in...
“Navajo Nation Council signaled that it is time for change. In order to develop a healthy and diverse economy that does not overly rely on any particular industry."
The FDA should protect consumers, not a dying dairy industry
The dairy industry wants to restrict plant-based companies from using terms like “milk” on their labels.
Oil execs brag about having ‘direct access’ to Trump’s pick for...
This culture of access has had real environmental consequences.
Transformative climate action is possible—if polluters stay away
We need strong firewalls separating Big Oil and other polluters from climate policy making.
Judge blocks oil and gas drilling on 300,000 acres in Wyoming...
"This is the Holy Grail ruling we've been after, especially with oil and gas."
Where kids fought plastic pollution – and won
“That’s my role, making sure this is effective and that people are engaged and they have viable options.”
Flooding of Nebraska Air Force Base illustrates security risk posed by...
The flooding at Offutt base has prompted further criticisms of Trump's denialism.
Plastic pollution kills cetaceans: Pounds of plastic found in whales’ stomachs
"Hundreds of thousands of whales, dolphins, seals and turtles are killed by ocean plastic pollution every year, including single-use plastics and abandoned plastic gear from the fishing industry."