Student climate leader is rallying youth to take on the plastic crisis

ClearBridge Sustainability Leaders Fund Q1 2026 Commentary

ClearBridge Sustainability Leaders Fund Q1 2026 Commentary

Interesting Updates to the Newport Beach July 4th 'Youth' Riots

Interesting Updates to the Newport Beach July 4th 'Youth' Riots

The surprising amount of trash Americans generate on July 4 weekend

America's Fourth of July revelry leaves behind a staggering amount of waste, with over 120 million pounds of food and tons of fireworks debris littering public spaces. This colossal clean-up effort highlights significant food waste, particularly beef, and environmental costs. Coastal communities face immense challenges, with volunteers dedicating hours to clear beaches. The aftermath underscores the need for better planning to mitigate this annual post-celebration burden.

12 Common Mistakes People Make When Trying to Live More Sustainably

12 common sustainable living mistakes that waste money and slow your progress. Greenwashing traps, wishcycling, reusable hoarding, and the mindset shifts that actually help. The post 12 Common Mistakes People Make When Trying to Live More Sustainably first appeared on DailyGenius.com.

Chief sustainability officers’ new pitch to CEOs: climate action isn’t about morals—it’s about money

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To Save The Planet, We Must Save Democracy First

When communities most harmed by pollution are the same ones losing voting rights, climate progress stalls.

'Difficult' decisions dominated local government budgeting. Will they continue?

Across the Triangle and beyond this spring, local government leaders echoed one another in describing their spring budgeting seasons as difficult and, often, the most difficult any of them had ever experienced.

Garden Grove’s chemical emergency is a warning for other communities near plastics factories

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Commentary written by Veronica Herrera Veronica Herrera is a professor of urban planning at UCLA and a researcher studying the effects of the plastics supply chain on health and the environment. Tens of thousands of Garden Grove residents recently returned home after []

Boyle Heights residents demanding transparency after cold storage fire

Community leaders and residents are demanding answers after Boyle Heights cleanup efforts stalled after the massive cold storage warehouse fire. KTLA’s Rick Chambers reports. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/ktla?sub_confirmation=1

Youth biodiversity conservation efforts face serious funding challenges, report finds

A new report finds that a chronic lack of funding is undermining youth-led environmental work worldwide. The report, titled “Ecologies of Empowerment: Why and how to fund youth-led biodiversity action,” argues that a current lack of adequate funding for youth biodiversity conservation initiatives threatens development of future generations of conservation leadership and action. “Youth are []

This Week In Waste – July 10, 2026

Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. New Report: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Has Yet to Deliver Any Meaningful Savings for []

Calif. students push for climate literacy resolution

Students in Pleasanton, Calif., have successfully advocated for the Advancing Climate Resilience through Climate Literacy r -More-

Cooling a crisis

Cooling a crisis

Philadelphia declares emergency after series of microburst storms sweep through city

The microbursts in Philadelphia were part of a broader pattern of extreme weather that impacted the U.S. this weekend, encompassing heatwaves, widespread flooding, and wildfires

The $100 Billion Soda Debate: Capitol Hill Clash Questions Taxpayer-Funded Coca-Cola

A House Oversight subcommittee meeting examining waste, fraud, and abuse within the roughly 100 billion Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) sparked an intense debate on Thursday over what kinds of foods taxpayers should subsidize. During the hearing, Republican Texas Representative Brandon Gill repeatedly pressed a food security advocate on why the federal program, which provides [] The 100 Billion Soda Debate: Capitol Hill Clash Questions Taxpayer-Funded Coca-Cola

3 reasons why Europe can’t stop sweating this week

Climate change, poor infrastructure and distracted politicians all play a role.

Lagos Unveils Initiative for Innovative Clean Energy Solutions in Schools

Secondary school students are invited to join the Cleaner Energy Schools Innovation Challenge, fostering clean energy solutions for a sustainable future.

तस्बिरमा टोखाको रोपाइँ महोत्सव

काठमाडौँ। काठमाडौँको टोखा नगरपालिकाले २३औँ राष्ट्रिय धान दिवस तथा रोपाइँ महोत्सव २०८३ आयोजना गरेको छ। ‘जलवायुमैत्री प्रविधि, धानमा आत्मनिर्भरता र समृद्धि’ भन्ने नारासहित सोमबार दिउँसो टोखा महोत्सव आयोजना गरिएको हो। कृषि विकास शाखाको आयोजनामा सम्पन्न कार्यक्रममा सामूहिक धान रोपाइँ, आधुनिक कृषि प्रविधिको प्रवर्द्धन तथा धान उत्पादनमा आत्मनिर्भरता अभिवृद्धिसम्बन्धी विभिन्न गतिविधि सञ्चालन गरिएको नगरपालिकाले जनाएको छ। []

On or Off Campus, Students Stress Over Housing

On or off campus, students stress over housing, especially in high-cost states.

Celebrities call for stronger measures to protect climate and democracy in Sweden

Celebrities call for stronger measures to protect climate and democracy in Sweden

Experts Sound Alarm as Coral Disease Threatens Bahamas Reefs

UNITED STATES - Scientists, environmental officials and conservation groups gathered at an MSC-hosted summit to address the spread of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease threatening Bahamian reefs.

John Cornyn's SMUG Post Talking Down to Grassroots About the SAVE Act BACKFIRES in a Most SPECTACULAR Way

John Cornyn's SMUG Post Talking Down to Grassroots About the SAVE Act BACKFIRES in a Most SPECTACULAR Way

Premier threatens to name and shame energy retailers

Cost-of-living rhetoric is ramping up ahead of a state budget as leaders deliver warnings to energy companies.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez drops blistering warning on ‘political albatross’ Trump is facing

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) argued this week that the rising cost of living has become a genuine crisis for ordinary Americans — and a serious political liability for President Donald Trump heading into the November midterms. Her comments were highlighted by CBS News correspondent Scott MacFarlane, who framed the affordability crunch as “a political albatross []

While Families Struggle, Republicans Are Fighting Pride Month

Costs are rising. Instead of confronting those problems, some GOP officials turned June into a culture-war campaign.

Newport Beach celebration turns chaotic as fights break out, fireworks thrown at officers...

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Jeff Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott gives $20 mn to youth mental health non-profit Active Minds

The unrestricted donation comes at a time when mental health challenges among American teenagers are intensifying, with nearly one in five adolescents reporting suicidal thoughts

Naomi Klein on Heatwaves, China, and the Danger of Technofixes

Michael Walker sits down with Naomi Klein for a discussion on the climate crisis, fascism and more.

rabble summer series from the archives: Mix It Up

From the rabble archives: An interview with director of “Garbage Warrior” Oliver Hodge on Michael Reynold’s environmental architecture (structures made from, well, garbage) and Cathi Bond and Judy Rebick review the 2002 documentary ‘The Weather Underground.’ The post rabble summer series from the archives: Mix It Up appeared first on rabble.ca.

Tim Bradford’s cartoon: Climate crisis… does anyone give a shit?

Tim Bradford’s cartoon: Climate crisis… does anyone give a shit?

Plastic pollution has spread throughout Odaw River, University of Ghana scientist warns

A postdoctoral researcher at the University of Ghana's Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS), Dr. Millicent Afi Sitsofe Kwawu, has warned that plastic pollution is now widespread throughout the Odaw River, with discarded plastic waste breaking down into tiny particles that are increasingly threatening ecosystems and public health. Speaking during the second edition of the Loud and Green XSpace, organised by JoyNews and Beyond the Science (BTS) under the theme Beyond Awareness: What's Stopping Ghana from Fixing its Plastic Waste Menace?, Dr. Kwawu shared findings from her PhD research on microplastic pollution in the Odaw River.

Op-Ed: Scheme to Loot Energy Producers, Supercharge Affordability Crisis, Gets Hearing in N.J.

By Doug Kellogg Cross-Posted from ATR.org In the midst of an affordability crisis that has demanded the attention of politicians from the right and left, [...]

We asked UW students how to fix homelessness. Their answers were surprising.

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San Francisco State Offering Students up to $10,000 for Climate Justice Projects

Climate Action Fellowship program The post San Francisco State Offering Students up to 10,000 for Climate Justice Projects first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

Global Climate Summit 2023 Concludes with Key Agreements

The 2023 Global Climate Summit has wrapped up, focusing on climate actions and commitments by world leaders towards sustainability.

Over 400 4th of July Arrests in One SoCal Beach City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc4e7F4Dvgs A Fourth of July celebration in Newport Beach turned chaotic as hundreds of people were arrested af...

European Greens call for “extraordinary summit of leaders to address extreme heat”

The call to environment ministers to revitalise the Green Deal and eco-sustainable measures