As Pandemic Toll Rises, Science Deniers in Louisiana Shun Masks, Comparing Health Measures to Nazi Germany
Jul 10, 2020, 7:47 pm By Julie Dermansky
Read time: 10 mins Science denial in America didn’t begin with the Trump administration, but…Energy Transfer Launches Appeals Following Court Order to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline
Jul 9, 2020, 8:20 pm By Sharon Kelly
Read time: 8 mins On Monday, July 6, a federal judge ordered the shutdown of the Dakota Access…'The Cost of Plastics Is Lives': House Oversight Hearing Highlights Environmental Justice Burdens of Plastic Production
Jul 8, 2020, 4:47 pm By Dana Drugmand
Read time: 6 mins During a congressional hearing Tuesday, a plastics industry executive echoed a…Report: Global Climate Lawsuits Against Governments and Polluters on the Rise
Jul 7, 2020, 2:03 pm By Dana Drugmand
Read time: 6 mins Climate litigation is not going away any time soon. Lawsuits demanding…Oil Industry and Allies Look to Pump Brakes on Democrats’ Plans to Move Transportation Off Petroleum
Jul 2, 2020, 4:10 pm By Dana Drugmand
Read time: 8 mins This week Congressional Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives put forward…Error by Mining Giant Anglo American Undermines its Promise of No Glacier Impacts for $3bn Chilean Copper Project
Jul 2, 2020, 2:00 am By Matt MaynardRead time: 12 mins Anglo American has undermined its plans for a controversial US$3 billion copper…In the Shadow of Shuttered Philadelphia Refinery, Neighbors Recall Those Lost to Decades of Pollution
Jul 1, 2020, 6:00 am By Sharon Kelly
Read time: 11 mins The Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) refinery was —until last year — the…Democrats' New Climate Plan Says Polluters Shouldn’t Receive Immunity From Lawsuits for Climate Impacts
Jun 30, 2020, 9:04 pm By Dana Drugmand
Read time: 5 mins On Tuesday, June 30, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, led by House…New NAFTA Trade Deal Deepens Oil and Gas Dependency During Climate Crisis
Jun 30, 2020, 2:29 pm By Martha Pskowski
Read time: 7 mins The coronavirus pandemic and record-low oil prices dealt a blow to the fossil fuel…‘Slam Dunk’ Study Finds Trump EPA’s Move Not to Tighten Air Pollution Standards Would Prematurely Kill 140,000 Americans
Jun 30, 2020, 1:29 pm By Dana Drugmand
Read time: 7 mins A new study from public health researchers provides the strongest evidence yet…Louisiana Activists Charged with Felonies After Delivering Box of Formosa Plastic Pollution to Lobbyists
Jun 25, 2020, 6:21 pm By Julie Dermansky and Sharon Kelly
Read time: 6 mins Two Louisiana environmental activists, Anne Rolfes and Kate McIntosh, were taken…DC Is the Latest to Sue Exxon and Big Oil for Climate Disinformation Campaigns
Jun 25, 2020, 2:01 pm By Dana Drugmand
Read time: 6 mins Washington, D.C. is suing the four largest investor-owned oil and gas companies…Exposed: West Virginia and Other States Relying on ‘House of Cards’ to Pay for Coal Mine Cleanup
Jun 25, 2020, 1:56 pm By Mark Olalde
Read time: 15 mins For more than a century-and-a-half, the forests, streams, and hollows of the…Minnesota Attorney General Sues Exxon, Koch and API for Climate Deception
Jun 24, 2020, 4:38 pm By Dana Drugmand
Read time: 7 mins Minnesota has officially joined the climate accountability movement with the…Fossil Fuel Companies and Their Supporters Ask Supreme Court to Intervene in Climate Lawsuits
Jun 23, 2020, 4:18 pm By Dana Drugmand
Read time: 11 mins California communities last month got an important procedural win in their…In Break With Trump's EPA, Nevada Announces Plan to Cut Tailpipe Emissions
Jun 23, 2020, 2:47 pm By Dana Drugmand
Read time: 4 mins Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak announced on Monday, June 22, that Nevada would be…After a Legal Battle, Juneteenth Ceremony Honors Enslaved Ancestors at Gravesite on Formosa Plastics Land
Jun 19, 2020, 10:31 pm By Julie Dermansky
Read time: 7 mins “I feel like our ancestors are shouting and rejoicing in heaven about what we…Transportation Fairness Alliance Revealed: Behind the Oil Industry's Latest Attack on Electric Cars
Jun 18, 2020, 7:46 pm By Dana Drugmand
Read time: 7 mins Earlier this spring, while much of the nation’s attention focused on the…With Prospects Souring for Oregon Gas Terminal, an Obscure Group Raises Pressure for State Approval
Jun 18, 2020, 5:32 pm By Nick Cunningham
Read time: 11 mins On May 24, a full-page ad appeared in The Oregonian, Oregon’s largest…Black Environmentalists Are Organizing to Save the Planet From Injustice
Jun 17, 2020, 7:39 pm By Guest
Read time: 4 mins By Rachel Ramirez, Grist. This story originally appeared in Grist and is…
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