Packaging EPR in 2026: Where Every State Program Stands
Seven states have packaging EPR laws on the books. Oregon and Colorado are collecting fees, California is in court, and Minnesota is onboarding producers. Here is the 2026 map.
US Loses a Football Field of Forest Every 2 Minutes
A new satellite tracking system finds that the United States has lost 350,000 acres of forest land per year—a rate of approximately one football field every two minutes—which is the...
Few Repercussions for Oil Firm’s Continued Leaks After Couple’s Death From Toxic Gas
This article was first reported by The Examination, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates global health threats. When Rachel Curtis visited her 86-year-old grandmother in Odessa, Texas, last summer, the putrid...
UK climate minister Katie White: COP31 must respond to ‘really scary’ science
The upcoming COP31 climate talks in Antalya, Turkey need to respond to the latest science on global warming, which is…
State of the climate: 2026 likely to tie with 2024 as the warmest year on record
With three-quarters of the year now past, it is virtually certain that 2026 will be the warmest or second-warmest year…