The House of Representatives just passed bill H.R.1, the “Lower Energy Costs Act” — dubbed the “Polluters over People Act” by Ariel Moger, Government and Political Affairs Director at Friends […]
What Does the Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling Mean for Climate Change...
Today on the show, guest host Nate Carlin takes up West Virginia v. EPA, the recent Supreme Court decision that limits the power of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate […]
India Bans Single-Use Plastic Pollution
India, the world’s largest democracy, will begin a ban on single-use plastics next week on July 1, 2022. What drove this change? How will people change their behaviors and how […]
Justice for Steven Donziger
Lawyer Steven Donziger has been on a house arrest for more than eight hundred days and is now facing six months of incarceration on charges of “criminal contempt.” The crime? […]
District 6 County Board Supervisor, Yogesh Chawla, Proposes Resolution...
WORT 89.9FM Madison · District 6 County Board Supervisor, Yogesh Chawla, Proposes Resolution Regarding PFAS PFAS – Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – are a class of over 5,000 synthetic chemicals […]
Environmental Lessons from the Lockdown
Nitrogen dioxide is a chemical byproduct of fossil fuel combustion and contributes to smog, acid rain and has been linked to human asthma and other respiratory illnesses. Since 2005, the […]