Tag: environment

"Scott Pruitt is more worried about journalists than poisoning millions of Americans."

"It's a coastal city, with the plastic items having a significant impact on the environment, we feel it's important to take action."

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.

Cleanup is still ongoing. So far, more than 50 large dump trucks full of soil have been removed with more to come.

"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."

“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."

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.

“I think it’s all about vested interests.”

"The Earth will win. Seed will win, Monsanto will lose."

“There is no point in being a scientist if you are unwilling to defend the technical work you do, especially when that work is mischaracterized by powerful members of the administration."