“It is a travesty that this truth about it causing cancer and this awareness we’re trying to raise has to be done in the context of litigation,” says attorney Brent Wisner, who won $2 billion from Monsanto in a landmark case linking the company’s weedkiller, Roundup, to cancer. “These lawsuits only exist because the EPA…
“It’s been six months since the most deadly and destructive wildfire in California history, the Camp Fire, which killed 85 people and burned 19,000 structures in November 2018. But even at the peak of the inferno, some scientists moved toward it, in an attempt to understand more about the intensity and spread of the flames….
The Green New Deal is the political football of the day. It’s being tossed around so much from right to left and back again that most Americans can’t see it long enough to understand what it is. That includes me. So, I wanted to take some time to understand what it is and why it…
“Lakota historian Nick Estes says new efforts to fight climate change are inextricably linked to indigenous-led movements like the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock.” “In many ways, the United States, along with countries like Canada, drilled their way out of the Great Recession largely at the expense of indigenous lands,” he says. “When…
“Asbestos is no longer ubiquitous in building materials, and since it’s proven to cause cancer, many Americans likely assumed the substance had been banned entirely. But not only is asbestos a naturally occurring mineral, it is also still used to make some household products. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on “broken” U.S. regulation and why…
“How do our food systems impact the planet? In his talk, Tony looks at how our demand for and the way we produce food is having a huge impact on our planet and its natural systems. What steps can we take to curb this impact? Tony Juniper CBE is a campaigner, writer, sustainability adviser, and…
“In 1980, the Congress approved the Superfund program, generating money to clean up the country’s most hazardous toxic sites by imposing a tax on industries that polluted the most. Since 2000, the program’s purchasing power has declined by 40 percent and over 1,300 sites still need to be cleaned up. Katherine Probst, who has analyzed…
“Residents of Guayama, home to Puerto Rico’s only coal-burning power plant for 15 years, have been diagnosed with cancer, heart and respiratory diseases that they fear are related to coal ash exposure. Ivette Feliciano reports on the concerns of Puerto Ricans who say the situation grew worse after Hurricane Maria–and the national implications as President…
“Jeff Westeinde is an active investor, entrepreneur and the Executive Chairman of the Windmill Development Group – one of Canada’s most environmentally and socially sustainable real estate developers. Has been named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young, named one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40 by the Globe and Mail, recognized with the…