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A Battle Brews Over Maine’s Salmon Farms
Glenda Beal’s roots in lobstering run nearly as deep as her roots in the town that shares her name: Beals Island, Maine. Her husband and two sons are lobstermen, as were her father and uncle, both grandfathers and a few generations before that. “Our economy runs on lobster fishing, predominantly,”…
At the UN, Panama Champions a Universal Declaration on the Rights of Nature
NEW YORK—From the podium of the United Nations General Assembly, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino called on fellow leaders to support a treaty affirming that nature has inherent rights. “Today I am announcing that Panama will lead internationally an effort to recognize the universal rights of…
Corpus Christi Could Owe Texas $235M for Failed Desalination Plant
Heading into election season, leaders in Corpus Christi face a puzzling question: what to do with $235 million from the state of Texas for a seawater desalination plant that was never built. This month, officials in the Gulf Coast city declined to pursue the flagship water supply project for the…
Foreign Fishing Fleets Are Robbing West African Countries of Key Nutrients
Seafood isn’t just a key source of protein and calories; it’s also where millions around the world get essential vitamins and minerals needed to build tissue, fight infections and grow. Yet, as modern mechanized fishing fleets plunder global waters, populations in low-income countries are losing…
Court Nixes Michigan’s Novel Antitrust Case Targeting Big Oil
A federal court in Michigan has tossed out a pioneering antitrust lawsuit brought by the state of Michigan against four major oil and gas companies and their largest U.S. trade association that alleged a conspiracy to forestall the transition to renewable energy and electric vehicles in order to…
Super El Niño to Cause 451,000 Heat Deaths
More than 451,000 people are projected to die across the globe in the next six months from the additional heat brought by a super El Niño, according to estimates from climate scientists released Wednesday. The El Niño—the warm phase of the Pacific Ocean’s recurring cycle, when heat from the ocean…
Asphalt Company Alleges Operative Who Posed as a Project Opponent Committed Fraud
Maymead, a company that plans to build a controversial asphalt plant south of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is suing a consulting firm and one of its former employees, alleging they committed fraud, civil conspiracy and deceptive trade practices in spearheading opposition to the project. The…
Chemicals Linked to Breast Cancer Are ‘Ubiquitous,’ Study Shows
The more scientists look for chemicals that can increase breast cancer risk, the more they find. Hundreds of potential breast carcinogens lurk in consumer goods, food, drinking water, pesticides, drugs and building materials, scientists reported in a peer-reviewed study published Wednesday in the…