This month, the Trump Administration filed a “petition for rehearing en banc” in the federal appeals court, seeking to overturn a significant legal victory won by Alliance for the Wild Rockies back in June. In the June court decision, the…
We exist in a living, interconnected web of ecological and social relationships. Local political boundaries are important, as they enable governments to enact codes and ordinances and citizens to affect policy. But, for communities to achieve self-sufficiency and resilience, they…
Three of four wells across the Grand Canyon region that have average arsenic levels above the Environmental Protection Agency’s standard for safe drinking water are at the site of a controversial uranium mine, a new analysis of groundwater sampling shows.
Your nearest Sierra Club chapter: By Heather Moyer October 16, 2017 As part of the Sierra Club’s journey to becoming a more just, equitable, and inclusive organization internally and externally, the Sierra Club board of directors adopted the Jemez Principles for Democratic…
Good morning, Gnusies, and happy Tuesday! It’s now one week before the election. If, despite all the great polls and early voting results, reading those words makes your stomach sink, welcome to the club. The way I put political anxiety…
The Waccamaw have adopted a resolution recognizing the inherent rights of nature in South Carolina. The resolution, approved Aug. 7, marks a new step in the growing movement to recognize nature as an entity with rights rather than merely a resource…
In a world flush with hazardous air pollutants, there is one that causes far more cancer than any other, one that is so widespread that nobody in the United States is safe from it. It is a chemical so pervasive…
This story was originally published by The New Lede. US drinking water could contain double the PFAS levels currently reported by regulators, according to a new study from Texas Christian University. The study, published in Cell Reports Sustainability, used computer…
Our nonprofit newsroom investigates the biggest threats to our planet, holds decision-makers accountable, and pushes back on climate disinformation so facts stay front and center. A new report suggests dozens of “forever chemicals” linked with cancer and other human health…
Our nonprofit newsroom investigates the biggest threats to our planet, holds decision-makers accountable, and pushes back on climate disinformation so facts stay front and center. PFAS are a group of thousands of synthetic chemicals used for decades in products ranging…
Pollution, health and the communities that bear it: petrochemical corridors, toxic water and chemicals, and the fight over public lands and wildlife.
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