Tag: pollution

There is no free lunch when it comes to halting climate and environmental breakdown.

Can a big city be truly sustainable in the age of climate change? Los Angeles is trying to find out.

“The rich have profited for so long from a fossil fuel economy that they’re obviously going to be the ones to try and block change."

"Large scale public protest, civil disobedience, and coordinated boycotting of products that are contaminating the environment is the only thing that will make government and business act."

“Today is a huge victory for Waukegan residents who have fought for years to see corporations like NRG Energy held accountable for the toxic waste that has been illegally dumped on our Lake Michigan lakefront.”

A range of new tactics aim to curb cigarette butt pollution, including groundbreaking legislation that could hold tobacco companies accountable for their products’ waste.

“As early as 2021, Canada will ban harmful single-use plastics from coast to coast.”

“To me, this feels like an invasion."

“Decarbonization is the great task of our generation and Costa Rica must be one of the first countries in the world to accomplish it, if not the first.”

The Modi government’s far-right bigotry is well-known, but its equally disturbing environmental record isn’t.