Chokehold: The Trump administration’s stealth plan to unleash poisonous air
The EPA stopped valuing the lives it could save, setting up a deregulatory disaster that will be hazardous to your health.
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Postcard From California: LA fire recovery stymied by insurance system ill-equipped for climate crisis
The fires that ravaged Los Angeles County last January destroyed or partially burned more than 18,000 homes and other structures and blanketed a like number in toxic smoke and soot. A year later, recovery is lagging: Fewer than a dozen destroyed homes have been rebuilt, and less than 1,000 rebuilds are on track for this year.
Tyson agrees to settlement over climate-smart beef claims
Tyson Foods will stop asserting it is pursuing production of “climate-smart” beef and working to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions as part of a legal settlement of a lawsuit that challenged the veracity of the company’s environmental claims.
Postcard from California: Disclosing the full climate impacts of big businesses
ExxonMobil is one of the world’s worst climate polluters, emitting more than 90 million metric tons of greenhouse gases in 2024. But that only accounts for its direct emissions from oil and gas drilling, refining gasoline and other fossil fuels, as well as from producing plastics.
Annual climate change report finds “planet on the brink”
Earth’s vital signs are “flashing red,” fossil fuel use is at peak levels and warming is increasingly impacting forests, oceans and disaster frequency, according to a new report.
“Clear evidence” of greenhouse gas dangers cited amid Trump move to undo regulations
By Shannon Kelleher
Scientists and public health advocates are warning of dire consequences amid a worsening climate crisis following the Trump administration’s announcement this week that regulators plan to rescind the “endangerment finding” that forms the basis for limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
EPA proposes repealing some mercury and greenhouse gas limits
By Brian Bienkowski
Federal regulators are proposing to repeal Obama- and Biden-era regulations that forced power plants to cut harmful pollutants, including mercury, lead and arsenic, as well as greenhouse gases, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin announced on Wednesday.
Can Environmentalism Make Sense Again?
At a time when climate-related headlines often read like obituaries for our planet, Earth Day 2025 offered something rare – a reason for hope. Not the naïve optimism that suggests salvation is assured, but rather compelling evidence that we can make people act for good when we get the messaging right.
Mississippi River named the most endangered of 2025
By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens
The Mississippi River ranks as the nation’s most endangered river as federal plans to cut flood relief programs meet with a rise in severe weather, a new report warns.
Postcard from California: Trump vs. the delta smelt
The most powerful man in the world is waging war on a tiny, almost extinct fish. The fish is the minnow-like delta smelt, less than three inches long with a lifespan of only a year. Its sole natural habitat is the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.