Sunday, April 6, 2025

Injustice forever? Toxic PFAS chemicals have ‘made a mockery of our environmental regulations’

With a lack of regulations addressing toxic “forever chemicals,” students and professors at a Vermont college have taken their research skills into communities to spur action.

The $7.6 Billion Bail-out of New York Nuclear Plants

“Nuclear energy is neither clean nor renewable,” testified Pauline Salotti, vice chair of the Green Party of Suffolk County, Long Island at a recent hearing on the plan.

Arctic waters have been rescued from drilling, but what about the land?

Time is running out for Obama to say no to Big Oil and permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge – and the people who depend on it.

60,000 liters of oil spills from pipeline into Brazilian bay

"It was a leak of significant proportions, with an impact on the mangroves."

9,442 citizen-reported fracking complaints reveal 12-Years of suppressed data

The volume of citizen complaints is alarming.

In ‘victory for land and water,’ Canada’s Supreme Court rules bankrupt fossil fuel companies...

"In a world tackling climate change and transitioning away from fossil fuels, oil companies' environmental liabilities are only going to grow, which is why it is vital that the polluter pays principle remains a core element of our legal framework."

Trump admin quietly pushing ‘small scale’ LNG exports that avoid environmental reviews

“The Trump Administration is focused on finding ways to unleash American energy."

Canada steps up surveillance of Indigenous peoples to push fossil fuel pipelines forward

An international human rights body condemned Canada’s treatment of Indigenous communities opposing two major oil and gas pipelines.

How the Constitution fails to protect the environment

The absence of clear and broad constitutional authority to protect the environment limits the scope of federal environmental law.