Environment
EPA takes action to protect Pacific salmon from pesticides
August 27, 2021Extreme heatwaves have made this a devastating summer for the endangered salmon species of the U.S. West Coast. In mid July, California wildlife officials warned that almost all of the young Chinook salmon in the Sacramento...
Read moreAn infamously dirty river is coming back to life thanks to community activism
August 23, 2021Due to sustained community pressure and Earthjustice litigation, D.C.’s Anacostia River is finally recovering from decades of pollution.
Read moreHot weather becomes major cause of illness, death for U.S. workers
August 20, 2021The number of victims of the largely ignored danger grows in Arizona and many other states as global warming-induced heat fells workers on the job.
Read moreConnecticut’s offshore wind energy revolution builds movement for Green New Deal
August 17, 2021What does offshore wind energy development along the U.S. Atlantic coast and jobs for local communities have to do with winning a Green New Deal?
Read moreOil giant Enbridge defies Line 5 pipeline shutdown order, faces profit seizures
August 17, 2021Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered fossil fuel company Enbridge to shut down its dangerous Line 5 oil pipeline, which runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac in the Great Lakes, by May 12. Whitmer issued the order...
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