LAX bans sale of single-use plastic water bottles
This is the first step in making its airports zero waste by 2045 following the Sustainability Action Plan passed by Los Angeles World Airports in 2021.
Study shows how wind and solar power help save American lives, and money
Moving away from fossil fuels, like coal, can save thousands of lives in the U.S., and save us billions of dollars.
In our deeply unequal world, the garbage rises ever higher
On Everest and elsewhere,the rich are creating waste.
Russia’s war on Ukraine generates more emissions than 175 countries: $32 billion climate bill...
The first two years of Russia’s invasion resulted in greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to the annual emissions of 175 individual countries, further intensifying the global climate emergency.
Chemical catastrophe: daily disasters spotlight America’s toxic time bomb
U.S. struggles with daily hazardous chemical incidents, underlining systemic safety lapses.
Plastics industry loses legal bid against Chile’s landmark bag ban
Chile's Constitutional Court ratified a bill that bans plastic bags across the country after rejecting an appeal from the plastics industry.
Forests thrive when Indigenous people have legal stewardship of their land
The fate of intact forests is closely linked to that of Indigenous peoples.
California passes new bill to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides
The bill will limit the use of neonics to trained professionals beginning in 2025.
Judge deals latest blow to Big Oil in DC climate fraud case
Fossil fuel defendants in climate liability lawsuits keep losing in their bids to keep cases in federal courts.
Bottom-dwelling marine animals thriving on offshore wind farm foundations
"My feeling is that a smart, science-based location of offshore wind farms, where ecological principles are incorporated in the design is needed to combat climate change.”