Tag: environment
Trump’s offshore drilling plan puts 68 national parks at risk
All of these parks would be in danger if Trump and Zinke's drilling proposal goes ahead.
Plastic killed most sperm whales found dead in Greek waters since...
"The evidence is starting to mount rapidly that we just cannot throw away plastic as we have been."
Trump administration to auction off public land in Northern Arizona to...
"This is Trump's energy dominance policy at work, where nothing matters except fossil-fuel interests."
EPA guard shoves reporter, multiple news outlets blocked from water pollution...
"Scott Pruitt is more worried about journalists than poisoning millions of Americans."
Vancouver becomes first city in world to approve zero waste strategic...
"It's a coastal city, with the plastic items having a significant impact on the environment, we feel it's important to take action."
What 30 years of documents show Shell knew about climate science
Despite such fence-sitting over the science, the company knows action is necessary, which makes Shell's continued huge investments in fossil fuels for the next two decades all the more intriguing.
1,400 tons of contaminated soil hauled from Montana reservation oil spill...
Cleanup is still ongoing. So far, more than 50 large dump trucks full of soil have been removed with more to come.
Trump admin. blocked toxic chemicals study fearing ‘public relations nightmare’
"Congress must hold hearings and investigate how it is possible that the EPA, the White House, and HHS have, for months, possessed research that could have helped families understand the health impacts of their exposure to toxic chemicals."
Costa Rica’s progressive policies aim to make the country carbon-free by...
“We have the titanic and beautiful task of abolishing the use of fossil fuels in our economy to make way for the use of clean and renewable energies."
Scientists launch groundbreaking study on health risks of microplastics in seafood
Studies have already found that sea salt can be rich in plastic and that we likely consume the tiny bits that get embedded in many types of seafood.