Our homes are rife with PFAS. Even though chemical companies have known for decades that forever chemicals are toxic to humans and don’t dissolve once out in the world, they’ve resisted eliminating them because, well, they’re profitable.
With more intense extreme storms happening more often, we need to educate ourselves and press for more action to protect communities.
Via a cartoon, a seal and a turtle explain what’s causing plastic pollution in the ocean and who’s responsible.
CLF President Bradley Campbell recently spoke with Ayana Elizabeth Johnson about environmentalism in the age of Trump. We’ve excerpted portions of their conversation.
As the pace of natural disasters picks up, stunned communities ask themselves: How do we clean up from this? While there’s no easy answers, we need to take a more systematic approach to natural disasters.
Guest author Wilson Haims explores how wild spaces like Cashes Ledge can expand people’s perspectives
Conservative media and even some conservation spaces want you to believe that Black people don’t care about the environment, nor do they vote for the environment. I find that ironic, considering I was raised by farmers and environmentalists on both sides of my family. They cared about taking care of the environment because it was the only thing they had.
The Trump administration is pledging to open our waters to hazardous oil and gas drilling.
We spend so much time indoors, working, studying, exercising, or just lounging around on the couch that indoor air quality – or the lack of it – can profoundly affect our health.
About 15 years ago, Exxon Mobil ran a TV commercial that never mentioned oil or gas. Instead, it featured a friendly-looking Exxon scientist describing his work turning algae into “biofuels that we could someday run our cars on.” These new fuels would “help solve the greenhouse problem,” he said, because “they absorb CO2.” The… Continue reading The Greenwashing Machine
