Environment

"Killing has no place in our National Wildlife Refuges."

"Robbing from a clean energy future to prop up the dirty energy past."

Data show coronavirus countermeasures have resulted in a record drop in fossil-fuel demand and created an opening for a clean-energy transition.

The response among many American public officials and the public at large to the COVID-19 pandemic has, in many ways,

"The EPA uses this global pandemic to create loopholes for destroying the environment. This is a schoolbook example for what we need to start looking out for."

“This case is very similar to Big Tobacco lying about their products, as well as the pharmaceutical companies pushing an opioid epidemic."

The Interior Department has reportedly included boilerplate climate change denial language in at least nine scientific reports.

You don’t have to look far to find misinformation about climate science continuing to spread online through prominent social media channels like YouTube.

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In 2017, Dow Chemical scored a long-sought-after victory: After a push from the U.S. government, China approved the import of the company’s genetically modified herbicide-resistant corn seeds.
A grateful Dow lobbyist emailed a senior Agriculture Department official whose support had been critical: “Thank you for your efforts

"This decision upholds protections for one of the most fragile and scientifically important areas in the North Atlantic from destructive activities like oil drilling and industrial fishing."