Photo: David McNew (Getty Images) California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a directive Friday that sets an aspirational 2045 deadline to halt all oil extraction within the…
Study Finds Lower Life Expectancy Around Superfund Sites
Water contaminated with arsenic, lead, and zinc flowing from a pipe out of the Lee Mountain mine and into a holding pond near Rimini, Montana.…
The Last Two Giraffes Are Rescued From a Vanishing Kenyan Island
One of nine giraffes to be floated off the vanishing island. Image: Save Giraffes Now A mother and calf are the last of nine endangered…
The Last Two Giraffes Are Rescued From a Vanishing Kenyan Island
One of nine giraffes to be floated off the vanishing island. Image: Save Giraffes Now A mother and calf are the last of nine endangered…
Alaskan Glacier in Denali Has Started Moving Really Fast
A view of Denali, formerly known as Mt. McKinley.Photo: Lance King (Getty Images) If you’re visiting Alaska this year, you may get to experience a…
Tons of Invisible Asteroid and Comet Dust Falls on Us Every Year
Imperceptibly small bits of dust from space fall to Earth in a perpetual microscopic meteor shower.Image: NASA/Bill Ingalls Some 10,000 grand pianos’ worth of space dust…
Formosa Plastics Plant Tests Joe Biden on Environmental Justice
In March 2020, St. James Parish residents Myrtle Felton, Sharon Lavigne, Gail LeBoeuf, and Rita Cooper protest Formosa’s proposed plastic complex at the site where…
Amazon Can’t Just Change Its Rules to Squash Activism, NLRB Finding Suggests
Amazon workers begin to gather in front of the Spheres, participating in the climate strike Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Seattle.Photo: Elaine Thompson (AP) The…
A Toxin From Blue-Green Algae Can Go Airborne, Study Finds
A blue-green algae bloom documented along the St. Lucie River in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, on July 5, 2016. Photo: Rhona Wise (Getty Images) A…
Man Driving Home Discovers Thousands of Bees In His Car
Photo: Las Cruces Fire Department Engine 2 Public Image (Fair Use) Do you hear that? Buzz buzz. Vroom vroom. Buzz, buzz. Vroom vroom. That’s the…