Category: Environment

Artist Who Defaced Painting Says Police Raided Her Home

An artist who admitted to defacing one of Australia’s most famous paintings in a gas company protest says police have raided her home in a “massive over-reach”. Joana Partyka was convicted in the Perth Magistrates Court earlier this month after pleading guilty to criminal damage after she spray-painted a Woodside Energy logo onto Frederick McCubbin’s work Down…


Federal Agents to Shoot Feral Cattle From Helicopter After Judge Dismisses Ranchers’ Complaint

Federal forest rangers are expected to start gunning down feral cattle from helicopters after a judge approved their operation to “lethally remove” a 150-member herd from a national park in southwestern New Mexico. The four-day aerial hunt is scheduled to begin on Feb. 23 and conclude on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Forest Service…


Buttigieg Schedules Feb. 23 Visit to Ohio Derailment Site Amid Mounting Criticism

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will visit East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday, Feb. 23—nearly three weeks after a Norfolk Southern train derailed there leaking toxic chemicals into the community. Earlier this week, Buttigieg demurred on announcing a specific date and time for a visit, telling reporters only that he was planning to do so “when the…


Buttigieg Schedules Visit to Ohio Derailment Site Amid Mounting Criticism

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg can confirmed a visit to troubled East Palestine, Ohio—nearly three weeks after a Norfolk Southern train derailed there leaking toxic chemicals into the community. Earlier this week, Buttigieg demurred on announcing a specific date and time for a visit, telling reporters only that he was planning to do so “when the…


17 Videos That Perfectly Summarize the Craziness of the Past 22 Days | Facts Matter

With February being about three-quarters of the way over, it has proven to be another wild month. In fact, since the start of the pandemic in the year 2020, it seems like these jam-packed months haven’t really let up. Within the last 22 days, we’ve seen multiple environmental catastrophes, the U.S. Air Force shot down…


[Premiering at 1PM ET] 17 Videos That Perfectly Summarize the Craziness of the Past 22 Days | Facts Matter

With February being about three-quarters of the way over, it has proven to be another wild month. In fact, since the start of the pandemic in the year 2020, it seems like these jam-packed months haven’t really let up. Within the last 22 days, we’ve seen multiple environmental catastrophes, the U.S. Air Force shot down…


Quest For True Dangers of Nanoplastics Boosted By Specially Designed Lab

Scientists are one step closer to uncovering the true dangers of plastics and determining the reach of the nanoplastic invasion into the human body after the development of a specialised laboratory at the University of Queensland (UQ). The development is a significant step for scientists striving to determine what regions of the body—including the brain—plastics…


Cancer-Causing Chemicals Could Be Spreading From Derailment Site: Ohio Senators

Sens. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) are sounding the alarm over the potential spread of “highly toxic,” cancer-causing pollutants from the East Palestine, Ohio, site where a Norfolk Southern train derailed on Feb. 3. In a Feb. 18 letter (pdf) to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and Ohio Environmental Protection…


EPA Administrator to Return to Ohio’s Toxic Train Crash Site on Feb. 21

Less than a week after visiting East Palestine, where he told reporters that “we’re trusting the science” and that he would let his children drink the water there if testing showed it was safe, EPA administrator Michael S. Regan is returning to the eastern Ohio village that continues to recover from the aftermath of a…


Ohio State Senator ‘Begs’ People to Not Drink the Water in East Palestine

Ohio state Sen. Michael Rulli, a Republican whose district covers East Palestine, on Saturday warned that people living within ten miles of the small Ohio-Pennsylvania border town should not drink or bathe in the water. The Ohio EPA said earlier this week that water testing results showed no contaminants in the municipal water. But Rulli…