2025-09-20

EPA scientists were reportedly ordered to halt publication of research papers

According to a report by The Washington Post, scientists with the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water were told by "political appointees" to stop work on studies that were [...]

2025-05-06

Best of both worlds: How Recteq designed a pellet grill for gas grillers

Recteq makes pellet grills, but those can’t do it all when it comes to backyard cooking. So when the company sought to create an alternative for gas grillers, without making an actual gas grill, it [...]

2025-01-29

US Department of Transportation moves to cut fuel efficiency standards

Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has only been in his post for a day and already making it clear that the agency will be ignoring the role vehicle pollution plays in worsening climate [...]

2025-12-17

Big Tech bent the knee for Trump in 2025

Sure, we've seen millions poured into lobbying and other means of influence during every presidency, but the last two years set a whole new bar. Business leaders, including those from almost ever [...]

2025-05-15

The EPA is rolling back Biden-era clean water rules

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revealed that it's making some big changes to the first nationwide drinking water standard set by the Biden administration. Last year, the agency [...]

2025-12-24

Toyota's Prius Prime saved me gas money but probably not the environment

I’ve always wondered what it would be like to own a plug-in hybrid, and recently, fate handed me that opportunity. On a recent trip to Vancouver, I rented a 2024 Toyota Prius Prime for nearly two mo [...]

2025-05-22

Senate votes to kill California's gas-powered vehicle restrictions

The United States Senate voted 51-44 mostly across party lines on Wednesday to repeal a waiver granted by the Biden administration's Environmental Protection Agency, allowing the state of Califor [...]

2025-10-01

The EPA Is Ending Greenhouse Gas Data Collection. Who Will Step Up to Fill the Gap?

With the agency no longer collecting emissions data from polluting companies, attention is turning to whether climate NGOs have the tools—and legal right—to fulfill this EPA function. [...]

2025-04-18

Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope with a gigantic tower of gas and dust

As part of their ongoing celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope's 35th anniversary, NASA and ESA have shared a new image of the Eagle Nebula, specifically a "spire of cosmic gas and dust& [...]