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EWG sues EPA for 7-year inaction on glyphosate in oats, citing risks to children's health
11+ hour, 55+ min ago (1709+ words) Lawsuit aims to force the agency to act on petition seeking to protect kids from weedkiller The Environmental Working Group today filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the Environmental Protection Agency is unlawfully delaying a response to the group's…...
April's Beige Book Reveals Trump's War in Iran Is Devastating Economy At Home
18+ hour, 21+ min ago (1746+ words) First report compiled after Trump started war in Iran shows consumers are on the hook for "skyrocketing" prices The Federal Reserve released its April 2026 Beige Book, which provides economic commentary from each of the 12 Federal Reserve Districts. In this month…...
New report: Households pay $12 trillion a year in hidden fossil fuel costs " a $23 million a minute "gift to Big Oil
17+ hour, 37+ min ago (1724+ words) New research by 350. org shows that on top of soaring energy bills, fossil fuels cost households an additional $12 trillion a year in taxpayer handouts, health impacts and extreme weather damage " equivalent to a $23 million a minute "gift to Big Oil…...
Why a Feminist and Just Energy Transition Is the Only Way Out of the Climate Crisis
22+ hour, 18+ min ago (388+ words) Thousands of people take part in the so-called "Great People's March" in the sidelines of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil on November 15, 2025. If this transition is not rooted in justice, it will not be a…...
California's Regressive Rooftop Solar Policy Hit With Second Appeal to State Supreme Court
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (1672+ words) In March the California Court of Appeals upheld the California Public Utility Commission's December 2022 action for a second time, despite the Supreme Court ruling in August 2025 that the lower court gave the commission too much latitude and needed to revise…...
Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration Approval of BP's Ultra-Deepwater Drilling in Gulf of Mexico, 16 Years After Deepwater Horizon
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1456+ words) BP's Kaskida Proposal Fell Dramatically Short of Legal, Regulatory Requirements Gulf and environmental groups sued the Trump administration today over its approval of BP's new ultra-deepwater oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico. The project endangers the health of…...
Humanitarian Scorecard: Six Months In, Gaza Ceasefire is Failing
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1697+ words) The Trump administration's Gaza ceasefire plan " as endorsed by UN Security Council Resolution 2803 " is failing, according to a progress scorecard released today by five humanitarian organizations. Oxfam International is a global movement of people who are fighting inequality to end…...
On Witless Great Vengeance and Furious Anger
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (844+ words) Abby Zimet has written CD's Further column since 2008. A longtime, award-winning journalist, she moved to the Maine woods in the early 70s, where she spent a dozen years building a house, hauling water and writing before moving to Portland. Having come…...
March Job Gains Mask a Volatile Labor Market as Iran War Chaos Mounts
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1670+ words) After February's losses, March gains do little to reverse a slowing and unstable labor market "The oil industry's allies in Congress are ignoring public opinion and the undeniable realities of the climate crisis by moving to drill on the sacred…...
Heat Wave Scorches Western States, Just as Big Oil Predicted
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (1659+ words) This heat wave will have massive costs. Big Oil companies should be required to help pay for these costs, given that this is exactly the kind of climate disaster these corporations predicted their products would cause. This heat wave will…...