Trump administration and California are on collision course over vehicle emissions rules
It sets up an unprecedented legal battle between California and the federal government while breaking with decades of practice on regulating tailpipe pollution.
Psychedelic drug in clinical trial to help stroke victims recover by rewiring brain
Algernon Pharmaceuticals, a Canadian-based company, began its study this week in which stroke participants will be given a microdose of DMT with the hope of minimizing damage and maximizing recovery.
Methane emissions from food waste alarmingly accelerate climate crisis
As EPA reports highlight the staggering methane emissions from food waste, the U.S. grapples with an overlooked environmental hazard.
Bank of America commits to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
“Investors applaud Bank of America’s commitment to transition to a more sustainable business model and reduce the growing climate impacts of its financing activities."
Oil companies are ploughing money into fossil-fueled plastics production at a record rate—new research
Around the world, around the clock, the plastics we use every day are produced at facilities on an almost incomprehensible scale that some suggest we now live in an era best labelled the plasticene.
The coming collapse
It is a political system, dominated by corporate power and the mandarins of the two major political parties, in which we don’t count.
Full Bernie Sanders speech on economic justice, healthcare, opposing Trump & ending the war...
Bernie Sanders in a keynote speech on healthcare, raising the minimum wage and his bipartisan resolution to end military support for the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led bombing of Yemen.
DNC refuses Palestinian speaker as uncommitted shares censored speech amidst Gaza genocide charges
The Uncommitted National Movement, which garnered substantial support in the Democratic primary against the Biden-Harris administration’s stance on Israel, has been pushing for a Palestinian American voice on the DNC main stage.
Trump’s ‘hold’ on elephant trophies may not be enough
We should be helping advance the significant global momentum to ban domestic ivory markets, not getting in the way by allowing more trophy imports that feed ivory demand.
Federal court reverses EPA approval of crop-harming dicamba
“Today’s decision is a massive win for farmers and the environment. It is good to be reminded that corporations like Monsanto and the Trump Administration cannot escape the rule of law.”