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Should Secretary Vilsack speak to the Farm Bureau?
You might be surprised to find out a member of President Biden’s cabinet was addressing an organization that opposes gay marriage, supports making English our official language, opposes the removal of...
PG&E presses regulators for another massive electric bill hike
California’s largest investor-owned electric utility is pressing regulators to approve a nearly 10 percent hike in electricity fees, raising its captive customers’ power bills to an average $200 per...
More meat means more land use and even more greenhouse gases
Don’t believe the meat industry’s claims of embracing sustainability and using less land to produce more meat. Land use, and its associated greenhouse gas emissions, are rising.
Plowing grassland...
California officials confirm PG&E responsible for devastating Dixie Fire
California’s fire management agency has confirmed that Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) was responsible for last summer’s Dixie Fire, which burned nearly 1 million acres and destroyed more than 1,300...
Cereal offenders: potentially harmful ingredients in ‘healthy’ breakfast food
Many breakfast cereals claim to be a healthy way to start the day. Their boxes feature cute, colorful characters and catchy slogans that attract children, and their promise of a “complete” breakfast...
Is your CBD latte safe? Don’t ask the FDA
The use of cannabidiol, or CBD, in food and drink has exploded since Congress legalized hemp production and delisted CBD as a controlled substance, in 2018. Today it’s added to lattes, tea, kombucha...
Gov. Newsom voices concern over PG&E’s plan to crush California’s rooftop solar program
During a press conference on Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed concern about a proposal to crush the state’s popular rooftop solar program. The proposal is backed by Pacific Gas &...
Can plant-based foods end Big Meat’s monopoly and help the climate?
Meat prices are skyrocketing, in part because just four meat companies control 85 percent of U.S. beef supplies. In response, President Joe Biden this week introduced an action plan targeting...
News Releases
Gov. Newsom voices concern over PG&E’s plan to crush California’s rooftop solar program
During a press conference on Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed concern about a proposal to crush the state’s popular rooftop solar program. The proposal is backed by Pacific Gas &...
PG&E presses regulators for another massive electric bill hike
California’s largest investor-owned electric utility is pressing regulators to approve a nearly 10 percent hike in electricity fees, raising its captive customers’ power bills to an average $200 per...
California officials confirm PG&E responsible for devastating Dixie Fire
California’s fire management agency has confirmed that Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) was responsible for last summer’s Dixie Fire, which burned nearly 1 million acres and destroyed more than 1,300...
Defense bill tackling 'forever chemicals' with funding boost, policy reforms becomes law
The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022, which includes $517 million to clean up the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS and critical policy reforms for tackling PFAS...
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Is your CBD latte safe? Don’t ask the FDA
The use of cannabidiol, or CBD, in food and drink has exploded since Congress legalized hemp production and delisted CBD as a controlled substance, in 2018. Today it’s added to lattes, tea, kombucha...
Should Secretary Vilsack speak to the Farm Bureau?
You might be surprised to find out a member of President Biden’s cabinet was addressing an organization that opposes gay marriage, supports making English our official language, opposes the removal of...
Can plant-based foods end Big Meat’s monopoly and help the climate?
Meat prices are skyrocketing, in part because just four meat companies control 85 percent of U.S. beef supplies. In response, President Joe Biden this week introduced an action plan targeting...
More meat means more land use and even more greenhouse gases
Don’t believe the meat industry’s claims of embracing sustainability and using less land to produce more meat. Land use, and its associated greenhouse gas emissions, are rising.
Plowing grassland...
Cereal offenders: potentially harmful ingredients in ‘healthy’ breakfast food
Many breakfast cereals claim to be a healthy way to start the day. Their boxes feature cute, colorful characters and catchy slogans that attract children, and their promise of a “complete” breakfast...
Decades after Congress’ orders, toxics still contaminate millions of schools
More than 40 years ago, Congress banned harmful polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, from schools. And it’s been 37 years since Congress directed schools to address asbestos. But today, millions of...
Vinyl records’ revival threatens environment and health
Demand for vinyl records is soaring, but there’s something funky about this musical comeback – the energy and chemicals involved with producing the iconic circular discs creates pollution, adds to the...
Sacramento’s lead line removals sidestep drinking water safeguards
To reduce lead levels in drinking water, the city of Sacramento has removed thousands of lead pipes and fittings. But it seems to have sidestepped safeguards that would have ensured residents didn’t...
Winter warning: Avoid harmful chemicals when battling dry skin
It’s getting cold in many parts of the U.S., and our skin knows it.
Tackling food, farming emissions key to avoiding climate catastrophe
Even if we stopped burning fossil fuels today, greenhouse gas emissions from food and farming could make a climate catastrophe unavoidable.
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