Monsanto wins $7.7 billion Brazil lawsuit – thus preventing farmers from saving seeds for replanting if the seeds are harvested from Monsanto’s patented Roundup Ready soybeans,.
Read more...UK halts all fracking in England with immediate effect. On its face, a big win, but will the Tories make the moratorium permanent?
Read more...PG&E cut power to millions throughout California this month as fires blaze across the state. The move has prompted many to call to municipalize the company. Democracy Collaborative researcher Johanna Bozuwa explains.
Read more...Oil industry lobbies to weaken emissions standards, deploying “public interest groups” that are mere mouthpieces for fossil fuel companies.
Read more...Increased fire risk is creating new behaviors in California. May be coming to your area soon….
Read more...Why we need single-use plastics bans: to save us from our worst selves; plus a positive development on the recycling front.
Read more...Massachusetts follows New York in bringing climate change lawsuit against Exxon; litigation is wielded as an alternate form of regulation.
Read more...Ideas for taking on consumerism.
Read more...Even the US military is not well prepared for Jackpot-level climage-change-induced disasters that look all too probable in the next 20 years.
Read more...Back to the future means not just considering the ability to repair but more actively purchases of new goods just for the thrill of acquisition.
Read more...The debate over what to do about trees and deforestation continues.
Read more...Justin Mikulka continues his excellent coverage of fracking for DeSmogBlog.
Read more...SUVs illustrate how the US is rejecting greenhouse gas reduction.
Read more...Is language, or more specifically, notions strongly represented in major modern languages, a big culprit in our inability to contend with self-induced existential threats?
Read more...Is what Democratic candidates mean by “green trade deals” what environmentalists and trade experts mean?
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