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FILE - Cans and plastic bottles brought in for recycling fill containers at a recycling center in Sacramento, Calif., July 5, 2016. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Thursday, April 28, 2022, that a subpoena has been issued to ExxonMobil as part of what he called a first-of-its-kind investigation into the petroleum industry for its part in causing a global plastics pollution crisis. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California Subpoenas ExxonMobil in Probe of Plastics Waste

April 30, 2022

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s attorney general on Thursday subpoenaed ExxonMobil as part of what he called a first-of-its-kind broader investigation into the petroleum industry for its alleged role in causing a global plastic pollution crisis, allegations that the company called meritless.

This artist rendering provided by REM Public Relations

Surge of Desert Surf Parks Stirs Questions in Dry California

April 25, 2022

Hours from the California coast, surfers are hoping one of the next spots where they can catch a wave is in the desert.

Azzedine Downes, President & CEO of International Fund for Animal Welfare & Collin O'Mara, CEO of the National Wildlife Federation

Earth Day Protecting Wildlife And Their Habitat | Nonprofit Report

April 19, 2022

Host Mark Oppenheim leads a discussion on protecting wildlife and their habitat, with guests;

Azzedine Downes, President & CEO of International Fund for Animal Welfare
&
Collin O’Mara, CEO of the National Wildlife Federation

Sharon Lavigne, founder of environmental justice group Rise St. James, is second from the left as she and members Myrtle Felton, Gail LeBoeuf and Rita Cooper

Catholic Award for Louisiana Environmental Justice Advocate

April 9, 2022

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A retired special education teacher turned environmental justice advocate will receive what the University of Notre Dame describes as the oldest and most prestigious honor for American Catholics.

A sign posted by opponents to a wastewater treatment plant

Tennessee Community Fights to Save Their ‘Exceptional’ Creek

March 16, 2022

PRIMM SPRINGS, Tenn. (AP) — Greg Deen and his family have farmed along Lick Creek in Middle Tennessee since shortly after the Civil War. The children of Vange Johnson’s large extended family were baptized in the creek. Bea and Neil Jobe, now in their 80s, no longer grow tobacco irrigated with creek water but still get their drinking water from a nearby well.

Rika Ayotte, Executive Director of Deschutes Land Trust, Jeff Danter, Senior VP of Field Programs of Trust for Public Land, & Liz McLaurin, President & CEO of The Land Trust for Tennessee.

Why Keep Land Wild? | Nonprofit Report

March 8, 2022

Mark Oppenheim leads a discussion about land conservancy, with guests; Rika Ayotte, Executive Director of Deschutes Land Trust, Jeff Danter, Senior VP of Field Programs of Trust for Public Land, & Liz McLaurin, President & CEO of The Land Trust for Tennessee.

Months After Pledge, India Yet to Submit Emissions Targets

March 4, 2022

NEW DELHI (AP) — Four months after India announced its “net-zero” target at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, the country has yet to submit its targets for cutting greenhouse emissions, underscoring the difficulty of overhauling energy policy amid a growing population.

Kevin Stack with the Berrien County Road Department fills up jugs

EPA Confirms Filters Reduce Lead in Michigan City’s Water

March 4, 2022

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The filters distributed in Benton Harbor, Michigan during the city’s recent lead water crisis worked properly, according to a study state officials said was conducted to give residents assurance.

Green Groups Say Romania Failing to Stop Illegal Logging

February 24, 2022

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Environmental groups say Romania has failed to tackle illegal logging and nature destruction in areas protected by European Union law, two years after Brussels warned the country to put an end to illicit deforestation.

A train hauling thousands of tons of coal

As Climate Change Costs Mount, Biden Seeks to Price Damages

February 23, 2022

HARDIN, Mont. (AP) — In the coal fields of eastern Montana, climate change is forcing a stark choice: halt mining that helped build everything from schools to senior centers or risk astronomical future damage as fossil fuel emissions warm the planet and increase disasters, crop losses and premature deaths.

Sarah Oktay, Executive Director of Center for Coastal Studies, & Peter Chang, CEO of Pacific Marine Mammal Center

Protecting Marine Life and Their Ecosystems | Nonprofit Report

February 22, 2022

Mark Oppenheim leads a discussion about protecting marine life, with guests; Sarah Oktay, Executive Director of Center for Coastal Studies, & Peter Chang, CEO of Pacific Marine Mammal Center

Firefighters Sue Companies Over Use of ‘Forever Chemicals’

February 18, 2022

BOSTON (AP) — Fifteen retired and active-duty firefighters from Massachusetts say in a federal lawsuit filed against two dozen companies that so-called “forever chemicals” in their gear and in firefighting foam manufactured by the businesses contributed to their cancer diagnoses.

Biden: Infrastructure Plan Gives $1B for Great Lakes Cleanup

February 17, 2022

LORAIN, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden declared Thursday that a $1 billion infusion from the bipartisan infrastructure deal would restore the Great Lakes harbors and tributary rivers that have been polluted by industrial toxins.

Mexico’s Avocados Face Fallout From Violence, Deforestation

February 16, 2022

MEXICO CITY (AP) — With clever Super Bowl ads, an irresistible fruit and apparently insatiable appetite from U.S. consumers, Mexico’s avocado producers have so far been able to separate avocados from the conflictive landscape that produces them — at least until a threat to a U.S. agricultural inspector essentially shut down their exports last week.

Thai customs officials display seized ivory originating from Nigeria

DNA Analysis of Elephant Ivory Reveals Trafficking Networks

February 14, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — As few as three major criminal groups are responsible for smuggling the vast majority of elephant ivory tusks out of Africa, according to a new study.

Koala Declared Endangered as Disease, Lost Habitat Take Toll

February 11, 2022

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Koalas were declared officially endangered Friday in eastern Australia as they fall prey to disease, lost habitat and other threats.

Janie Agyagos, a biologist, pulls a length of barbed wire

Exchange: Volunteers ‘Essential’ to Get Forest Projects Done

February 5, 2022

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — “Hopefully you’ve had your tetanus shots,” said Janie Agyagos as she put a foot on a rusty length of barbed wire and used the tension to coil the loose end. “I haven’t gotten my shot in a while,” she admitted.

Mary Brinegar, President & CEO of The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Anthony Kolenic, Director of Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum, & Brian Vogt, CEO of Denver Botanic Gardens

The Importance of Plant Biodiversity | Nonprofit Report

February 3, 2022

Mark Oppenheim leads a discussion about the importance of plant biodiversity, with guests; Mary Brinegar, President & CEO of The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Anthony Kolenic, Director of Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum, & Brian Vogt, CEO of Denver Botanic Gardens

Alaska Supreme Court Justice Craig Stowers

Alaska Court Rules Against Youths in Climate Change Lawsuit

January 29, 2022

The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by 16 young Alaskans who claimed long-term effects of climate change will devastate Alaska and interfere with their individual constitutional rights.

FILE - EPA Administrator Michael Regan, right, speaks to reporters at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, a Ridgeland based facility near Jackson, Miss., about longstanding water issues that have plagued the city, on Nov. 15, 2021. The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a series of enforcement actions to address air pollution, unsafe drinking water and other problems in minority communities in three Gulf Coast states that Administrator Michael Regan visited as part of a "Journey to Justice" tour last fall.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

EPA Acts to Curb Air, Water Pollution in Poor Communities

January 26, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency announced a series of enforcement actions Wednesday to address air pollution, unsafe drinking water and other problems afflicting minority communities in three Gulf Coast states, following a “Journey to Justice” tour by Administrator Michael Regan last fall.

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