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A researcher looks at microplastics through a magnifying glass.

Biden EPA Lining Up With Chemical Industry Against Push to Curb Microplastics: Greenpeace

"While you might expect Trump's EPA to align with the oil and chemical industry against protections for the American people from potentially harmful plastic chemicals, the Biden administration must do better."

Julia Conley ·

Flames rise from a flaring pit near a well in the Bakken Oil Field. The primary component of natural gas is methane, which is odorless when it comes directly out of the gas well. (Photo: Orjan F. Ellingvag/Corbis via Getty Images)

House Passes Resolution to Reverse 'Reckless' Trump-Era Methane Rule

"Biden should direct the EPA to use the full power of the Clean Air Act to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas by 65% by 2025," said one advocate.

Kenny Stancil ·

Oil rig off the coast of Scotland

Proposed New Oil Field in Scotland Ahead of Glasgow Climate Talks Decried as 'Obscenity'

"If ministers are serious about facing up to the climate crisis they must end their support for climate wrecking fossil fuels at home and abroad."

Julia Conley ·

Great Barrier Reef

Australia's Great Barrier Reef 'In Danger,' Says UNESCO

"The recommendation from UNESCO is clear and unequivocal that the Australian government is not doing enough to protect our greatest natural asset."

Jenna McGuire ·

Climate crime scene tape at an Extinction Rebellion protest

'Moral Red Line': Legal Definition Unveiled to Put Ecocide on Par With War Crimes

"It is a different way of looking at what atrocity looks like," said one proponent.

Julia Conley ·

CO2 emissions

Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Hits Highest Level in Over 4 Million Years

"If we want to avoid catastrophic climate change, the highest priority must be to reduce CO2 pollution to zero at the earliest possible date."

Brett Wilkins ·

Climate Crisis and Negligent Policymakers Blamed for 'Record Sickening Levels' of Manatee Deaths in Florida

"The reason sensitive manatees are dying is no big mystery," wrote the Orlando Sentinel editorial board. "Environmentalists heralded this foul die-off. Politicians were deaf to the warning."

Julia Conley ·

Industry and its political enablers went on a rampage to exempt as much water as possible from federal protection. (Photo: wonderisland/Shutterstock)

When It Comes to Protecting America's Rivers and Streams, There's No Room for Compromise on Science

Michael Regan, President Biden's EPA administrator, must prioritize science and water quality over the demands of big industry.

Derrick Z. Jackson ·

Chemical plants, fossil fuel refineries, and factories line the Mississippi River in the area of Louisiana known as "Cancer Alley." (Photo: Giles Clarke/Getty Images)

Advocates Applaud State AGs' Call for Review of Proposed 'Cancer Alley' Petrochemical Plant

"I believe that if there's an honest assessment of the environmental racism behind this project's approval then it will never be permitted," said one leading local activist. "We must stop Formosa Plastics."

Brett Wilkins ·

The sun sets over container ships and oil platforms off the coast of Huntington Beach on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

The Most Colossal Planning Failure in Human History

We have built up civilization to a scale that can temporarily be supported by finite and polluting energy sources, and we have simply assumed that this scale of activity can continue to be supported by other energy sources that haven't yet been developed or substantially deployed.

Richard Heinberg ·

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