Tag: environment
Extinction Rebellion movement starts week-long demonstration in US and around world...
“It’s time to do what’s never been done before in the fight against climate change – a collective and coordinated international rebellion that will continue to escalate until our demands are met."
Fatal natural gas explosion rocks Durham, NC
"They tell us gas is safe but it's clearly not."
Nestlé, stop single use:’ Activists confront company executives at Annual General...
"It's time for Nestlé to really take some responsibility for the magnitude of its contribution to the problem."
US Environmental Protection Agency sweeps Iowa’s water crisis under the rug
Despite over 10,000 factory farms and almost no Clean Water Act regulation, EPA denies petition to withdraw Iowa’s pollution program.
Indigenous peoples go to court to save the Amazon from oil...
Historic lawsuit launched by the Waorani people of Ecuador to save their homes – and our planet – from destruction.
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere at highest level since the...
"So, the modern climate change we see is big, really big; even by standards of Earth history."
New corals in the Great Barrier Reef on the decline after...
"We've gotten to the point now where local solutions for the reef are almost pointless – the only thing that matters is action on climate change."
America’s missed climate targets cost global economy $1 trillion, Dublin-based think...
“Someone, somewhere, at some time will eventually pay the price.”
‘Huge victory for our oceans:’ Trump effort to open Arctic to...
"Experts in environmental law estimate that the Trump administration has now lost about 40 environmental cases in federal courts."
Push to reverse obscure shipping law could flood Puerto Rico with...
As the island rebuilds after Hurricane Maria, a century-old federal shipping law known as the Jones Act stands in the way of the oil and gas industry flooding the island with liquefied natural gas, or LNG.
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DOJ plans 1,000 election monitors in all 50 states for Election Day
The Justice Department told a court no FBI or ICE employees will serve and monitors will not carry firearms; the NAACP calls the plan voter intimidation.
An epic backlash to defy Trumpism, its lying hypocrisy and pigheaded failures
This election isn’t about choosing a favorite ice cream but between ice cream and rat poisoning.
“Chaos” in the Air: Five Ways Voting Could Be Disrupted on Election Day
The Trump administration has initiated a string of unprecedented actions to assert more federal control over elections. While courts have thwarted most of the plans, voting experts remain concerned about potential problems at the polls.
EPA sets Dec. 31 end date for its archive of past agency records
The archive holds tens of thousands of documents dating to the 1990s; the agency says historical material will remain in “snapshot collections.”
Rural Charms Drew Residents to Taylor, Texas. Then Came the Data Centers.
A local family sold an 87-acre tract to a parks foundation for $10 “to be held in trust for future use as a parkland.” Later, the city’s Economic Development Corporation sold the land to a data center developer for $10 million.