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Federal judge rules Dakota Access pipeline permits were illegally issued
June 16, 2017The pipeline became fully operational June 1.
Read moreNeeded: Clean environment and good jobs—or we’ll have neither!
June 9, 2017Some viewed pollution as a blessing, a harbinger of jobs. Air that tasted of sulfur signified paychecks. But it meant early death.
Read moreWho’ll take San Onofre’s nuclear trash?
June 8, 2017To paraphrase Carl Sagan, we know who speaks for the nuclear industry. But who speaks for the human species? Who speaks for the Earth?
Read moreAttorney General Jeff Sessions bans funding for environmental cleanups
June 8, 2017Sessions has banned all future settlements of pollution violation cases that include money for cleanup efforts managed by third-party organizations.
Read moreJudge DAPL, aka Judge Boasberg, sits on pipeline case as oil begins to flow
June 7, 2017In the past few weeks there have been three separate leaks in the tentative pipeline occurring before it was fully operational.
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