Tag: environment
Guide to becoming an environmental leader and inspiring the next generation...
Since you know your community best, you are in the best position to become a local environmental leader.
Louisiana jury orders Chevron to pay millions to restore coastal wetlands
The jury found Texaco, which was bought by Chevron in 2001, in violation of state coastal resource regulations because the company didn't restore wetlands destroyed by drilling oil wells, dredging canals and dumped wastewater.
Another rupture: Keystone pipeline shutdown threatens fuel prices and exposes pattern...
Oil spill in North Dakota raises environmental and economic concerns as safety record of “safest pipeline in the world” comes under renewed scrutiny.
Newly launched scorecard tool ranks food packaging for sustainability and safety
The goal of the project is to help businesses and consumers make informed decisions that reduce their environmental impact while also protecting human health.
Why more environmental justice organizations must join the call for a...
An open letter initiated by CODEPINK urges the world to take the arduous baby step of recognizing the deadly intersection of war and environmental destruction.
Coca-Cola’s plastic waste polluting oceans projected to reach 1.3 billion pounds...
Coca-Cola’s World With Waste projects that the company’s plastic use will be more than 9.1 billion pounds annually by 2030 if its practices do not change.
Melting glaciers threaten food and water supply for 2 billion people
Rapid glacier melt threatens global water security, agriculture, and climate stability, putting billions at risk, warns the United Nations.
Juliana v. US: Supreme Court decision brings 10-year climate case to...
"Our Children's Trust remains committed to working with young people to hold their government accountable and we will see the federal government back in federal court very soon."
Judge blocks Trump EPA from clawing back $14 billion in climate...
Judge Chutkan said the government’s “vague and unsubstantiated assertions of fraud are insufficient.”
Why seashells resemble spiraling galaxies and the human heart
From dissecting hearts to designing ornithopters, James Bell Pettigrew saw spirals as the blueprint of nature—but his grand vision was lost to history.
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Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.
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."
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.