A new study by Greenpeace reports that the majority of plastics sorted into the recycling bin are not recycled in the United States. Instead they are incinerated or sent to landfills. Greenpeace argues that these plastics cannot be legitimately labeled as recyclable and should have...
Happy New Year’s Eve! Over the past two years, we’ve written periodically on the Paris Climate Accord — namely, what it is and the United States’ withdrawal from it. But what are states doing to uphold America’s commitments under the Paris Climate Accord? One course of...
This week the Trump administration formally notified the United Nations that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement. A day later, a report with 11,000 scientist signatories warned of “untold suffering” if humanity fails to change course on climate change. Read our 3-Piece Primer...
The Global Climate Strikes that took place this month are the largest mass protests for action on climate change in history. Sparked by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, they included 2,500 events in 163 countries on all seven continents. An estimated 4 million people participated...
The Amazon rainforest is still burning. Hurricane Dorian looms toward Florida. The president skipped a G7 session on climate change because the issue is too niche. In the midst of all this, Newark, New Jersey, faces a water crisis: there’s lead in the drinking water. In...
On June 24, more than 70 medical and public health organizations gave a call to action on climate change, according to Scientific American. Their policy agenda outlines 10 priority actions that government officials, civil leaders, and policymakers should take on climate. The rationale is that...
3M, Chemours, DuPont, and Solvay have refused to pay for the statewide investigation and cleanup of PFAS chemicals in New Jersey. This development comes in defiance of an order from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), which requests five chemical manufacturing companies to...
The Green New Deal. What is it? The Green New Deal is the name of House Resolution 109, which calls the federal government to take broad action against climate change. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14) and Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) introduced the resolution to the House of Representatives on...
How does the partial government shutdown impact the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)? The EPA inspects industrial sites for pollution violations and compliance with environmental law. The inspection of industrial sites, which include factories, plants, and refineries that deal with chemicals, oil, power, and water treatment, is...
The European Parliament will ban a range of single-use plastics across the union to help stop ocean pollution. Items include plastic cutlery and plates, cotton buds, straws, drink-stirrers, and balloon sticks. The proposal also includes a measure to reduce single-use plastics for food and drink...