Massachusetts’ Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey declared “victory” on Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected ExxonMobil’s attempt to derail her office’s probe into whether the fossil fuel giant misled investors and the public about its knowledge of climate change. The justices declined to hear Exxon’s appeal of an April ruling by Massachusetts’ highest court, […]
By Martin LaMonica From its arrival decades ago, plastic has transformed modern life. But in 2018, the alarm over the plastic pollution crisis sounded louder than ever. On Earth Day, the United Nations issued its first State of Plastics report, calling for more recycling and better ways to manufacture and manage the material in its […]
Months after its highly anticipated deployment off the San Francisco coast, Boyan Slat’s multimillion-dollar Ocean Cleanup system is not cleaning up any plastic. “System 001″—which consists of a 600-meter-long floating pipe with a tapered 3-meter skirt attached underneath designed to catch debris—”is attracting and concentrating plastic, but not yet retaining it,” the organization admitted Tuesday. […]
By Justin Mikulka 2018 was the year the oil and gas industry promised that its darling, the shale fracking revolution, would stop focusing on endless production and instead turn a profit for its investors. But as the year winds to a close, it’s clear that hasn’t happened. Instead, the fracking industry has helped set new […]
Encouraging news on the fight against plastic pollution! Europe is one step closer to banning some of the most common single-use plastics to help protect the environment and reduce marine litter. Negotiators from the European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on Wednesday to reduce use or eliminate plastic products such as cigarette butts, […]
The world’s largest oil company is being pressured by major shareholders to take action on climate change. Institutional investors with an estimated $1.9 trillion under management, led by the New York State Common Retirement Fund (NYSCRF) and the Church Commissioners of England (CCE), filed a shareholder resolution calling on ExxonMobil to set targets for lowering […]
By Jessica Corbett A small group of Amazon workers is receiving big praise for their efforts to force their employer to be a better steward of the planet. More than a dozen employees of the online retail behemoth who have received stock as part of their compensation are, as the New York Times reported, “starting […]
By Jessica Corbett A Reuters investigation published Friday charges that Johnson & Johnson, a multi-billion dollar company known for its healthcare products, knew for decades that its iconic talcum baby powder “was sometimes tainted with carcinogenic asbestos,” but concealed the information from regulators and the public. Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked […]
British supermarket Waitrose announced Friday that it will ban glitter from its own-brand products by Christmas 2020. The upscale retailer said its labels, wrap, flowers, plants and other single-use items will either be glitter-free or use an environmentally friendly alternative. While glitter can certainly make something look more festive, these shiny bits are mostly made […]
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