Secret chemicals. A hush-hush atmosphere surrounding airborne pollution. Non-disclosure agreements preventing open discussion of industry impacts. Some of the same transparency issues that reared their heads during the early days of fracking a decade ago are making a resurgence at the state and local level across the U.S., this time with newContinue Reading
Sea cucumbers, long known for cleaning the ocean floor, may also harbor a powerful cancer-fighting secret. Scientists discovered a unique sugar in these marine creatures that can block Sulf-2, an enzyme that cancer cells use to spread. Unlike traditional medications, this compound doesn t cause dangerous blood clotting issues andContinue Reading
Seattle, along with other cities, is struggling to balance the need for more housing with the preservation and growth of trees that help address the impacts of climate change. (Image credit: Parker Miles Blohm)Continue Reading
New research reveals a massive planned expansion of gas-fired electrical generation to power artificial intelligence and other heavy industries. By Dylan Baddour Companies plan to build more than 100 new gas-fired power plants in Texas in the next few years amid a race to meet enormous electrical demand from energy-hungryContinue Reading
The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC), the radical right-wing network fronted by Jordan Peterson, has accepted a large sum from a pharmaceutical executive whose firm was fined $47 million by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) last year, DeSmog can reveal. A press release from QOL Medical on 18 AprilContinue Reading
A wrongful-death lawsuit in Seattle may provide a template for homicide charges against the fossil fuel industry.Continue Reading
Some volcanoes erupt with little to no warning, posing serious risks to nearby communities and air traffic. A study of Alaska’s Veniaminof volcano reveals how specific internal conditions like slow magma flow and warm chamber walls can create these so-called “stealthy eruptions.”, Read MoreContinue Reading
Homeowners’ insurance isn’t just getting more expensive … it’s also getting harder to secure in the first place. Across the country, an increase in climate-related disasters like heat waves, wildfires and hurricanes is creating challenges for both insurers and their customers. One successful strategy taking hold in Alabama and otherContinue Reading
Strategies to combat heat stress have trade-offs, so context is key when trying them, experts say. By Kiley Price People across the United States are in for another scorcher of a summer, according to an outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Continue Reading
Billions have been invested in technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the sky in recent years. But The Traitor’s policies have clouded the outlook.Continue Reading
The agency plans to weaken limits on toxic emissions from power plants while also scrapping restrictions on planet-warming greenhouse gases.Continue Reading
Adapting to climate change by replacing grass in cows’ feed with corn affected the nutritional value and quality of cheese, French researchers found., Read MoreContinue Reading
At the U.N. Ocean Conference, Tonga’s princess called for recognition of whales’ legal rights. The move is one of several rights of nature initiatives happening at the conference. By Katie Surma Tonga, a Pacific Island nation with deep connections to the ocean and its non-human inhabitants, could become the firstContinue Reading