Give the Republican Party control of the White House and Congress, and it's only a matter of time before Democrats discover the virtues of devolving authority to state and local governments.
More than 1,000 activists march to protest the state of the environment.
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“Greenmailing” drives up construction costs and wait times, making the state’s already expensive housing even less affordable.
The media are misreporting this one wildly.
The El Paso shooter's combination of anti-capitalism, bigotry, and xenophobic nationalism highlights the dangers of zero-sum thinking on left and right. His worldview resembles that of the perpetrator of a similar attack in New Zealand earlier this year. Sadly, these ideas are not confined to a few extremists.
Pestilence, war, famine, and death are all on the decline.
The once noble symbol of resistance to government tyranny is now being used to help get Donald Trump re-elected.
"We're working hard, maybe harder than all previous administrations, maybe almost all of them."
A Canadian grocery store tried to shame its customers with embarrassing plastic bags.
This will fail and more pressing problems will be neglected
The artsy new waste receptacle is intended to make recycling "fun and cool."
A press release announcing the Canadian government's intention to ban straws and other single-use plastics cites a long debunked statistic.
An environmental lawsuit holds up yet another residential development in housing-starved California.
The eternal battle between man and megalizard continues.
A California bill to crack down on paper receipts relies on scare tactics and misinformation.
“Neither de facto [GMO] bans nor mandatory labeling can be justified.”
It’s time to stop freaking out about humanity's imminent demise.
Peak population, expanding forests, more abundant resources, falling air pollution, and plenty of farmland
The California Environmental Quality Act is empowering anti-cannabis NIMBYs and causing regulatory chaos
A new study says plastic bag bans encourage people to use less eco-friendly substitutes.
The state treats burning trash as a renewable energy source worthy of taxpayer support.
Environmental group Lonely Whale and Bacardi have teamed up to fight the little "straw in cup" symbol.
We should stop hemming and hawing and try building an emergency backup cooling system for the planet
Bangladesh announces that it will allow its farmers to plant this genetically improved crop
Environmental Protection Agency
That's wrong. Promoting fear hinders more than helps environmental progress.
A bad idea is made worse by its inability to grapple with local land use restrictions.
The left loves fringe causes, like providing welfare to people who are "unwilling to work."
Title of the Nature Human Behavior article cited above sadly says it all.
Doomslayer Julian Simon vindicated after 40 years.
Two unions called out for threats to sue if they don't get hired to build.
Good news: The cancer death rate which stood in 1991 at 215 per 100,000 people has dropped in 2016 to 156 per 100,000 people.
Ordinary people aren't willing to pay higher costs just to fulfill the grand visions of environmentalists.
Environmental Protection Agency
A welcome new federal approach under the Clean Water Act.
The "trial of the century" may not happen after all.
If we want fresh oysters, good cheeses, and clean water, we should rethink how we regulate all three.
The Supreme Court will rule on whether the Endangered Species Act has failed wildlife and private property owners alike.
California in a nutshell: Laws that "feel good" but don't work pass. One that might actually help kids gets vetoed.
Low yield organic farming uses up lots more land and harms biodiversity
A lack of international regulations did not cause the plastic pollution crisis. Imposing them now won't fix the problem.
Pushing punitive bans is a strange activity for an organization dedicated to defending human rights.
Environmental groups hope for an outright ban instead.
Environmentalist groups are supporting a ballot initiative that raises taxes on retailers and consumers in order to pay for grants to environmentalist groups.
Banning straws "might make some politicians feel good, but it won't actually accomplish anything good."
Thanks to Chinese restrictions on imported recyclables, even less of America's waste is getting reused.
A Reason investigation reveals that the coffee giant's new cold drink lids use more plastic than the old straw/lid combo.
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