BeyondKONA: Politics & Policy

In the wee hours of Friday morning, Senate Republicans passed a $70 billion immigration enforcement funding bill on a strictly party line vote. What wasn't […]

Looks like the Trump administration has finally nabbed a high-profile criminal conviction.

A cartoon by Jack Ohman.

As we come to the midpoint of 2026, it’s a good time to round up a few of the year’s best nonfiction books thus far.

It is one of the most unforgettable images in history.

Daily Kos staff had a team off-site this week, adjacent to Netroots Nation, and it was so lovely meeting some members of this community in person! Ed Tracey, […]

Those who helped families cope with child care, financial instability and mental health are being replaced with uniformed service members.

A new study found that mothers who were more exposed to certain “forever chemicals” like PFAS were more likely to have a daughter with PMOS in her teen […]

A cartoon by Clay Bennett.

Regulators insist they’re committed to protecting health and the environment, yet continue to allow growers to use a deadly chemical banned in 40 countries.

France's parliament has acknowledged the state's role in a pesticide scandal that contaminated people in Guadeloupe and Martinique and has been linked to […]

Wide consumption of ultra-processed foods is the product of a corporate playbook drawn up by “Big Tobacco” decades ago that is contributing to a rising […]

Big Sugar continues ruining the River of Grass while the state struggles to scrub away its mess.

From the suburbs to the barrier islands, the state’s local cooperatives are using aggregated battery systems to weather outages and protect consumers’ […]

Residents of a Pennsylvania town took on a beef processor after its waste polluted their wells. They won — but little may change.

As demand for cobalt, gold and other minerals grows, mining is accelerating deforestation in the Congo basin – and increasing the risk of deadly Ebola […]

With dubious DOGE savings, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has left many farmers with fewer tools to address the climate crisis.

A new study finds that smoke from larger wildfires is reversing more than a decade of American improvements in smog.

The president announced a total of $700 million in federal money to reinvigorate the domestic coal industry, which has been in decline for decades.

Industry executives said the loss of oil through the Strait of Hormuz is draining petroleum inventories to dangerously low levels.

The agency's regulatory rollback for grocery refrigerators has sparked a backlash from U.S. manufacturers.

Republican-led states growing renewable capabilities at faster rate as Texas emerges as clean-energy leader.

A growing body of research shows how air pollution, fertilizers, and fungicides are altering the chemical signals that plants and animals use to communicate. […]

Experts say increased use of crops for fuel is ‘dangerous game’ that could send food price inflation soaring.

After a series of deaths on the beaches of Brittany, one bereaved family set out to prove the foul-smelling bloom was to blameBy Marta Zaraska. Read by Lucy […]

Most of the world's richest people are in thrall to President Donald Trump—but there are notable exceptions.

A cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

Hawaii imports much of its fuel — and pays the price. From solar to geothermal, the state is searching for a way out of fossil fuel dependence.

The New York Times has included dozens of ads pushing looser permitting rules on America’s third-most popular podcast since September, analysis finds.

How Vicky Hernandez and her customers at the Buckshot Deli & Diner in Niland view plans to turn Imperial Valley into a green energy hub.

In a world already overheating we are woefully unprepared for another record-setting season.

As São Paulo faces a climate-induced water crisis, campaigners are fighting to reverse the impact of pollution and illegal deforestation on its largest […]

Zach Lahn's win highlights the growing political backlash against pesticide use and agricultural pollution while exposing potential cracks in Trump’s […]

The University of Iowa on Wednesday announced the launch of a statewide research initiative aimed at understanding how environmental exposures may be causing a […]

Do you know where a data center is due to be constructed in your area? An increasing number of U.S. citizens can answer "yes" — thanks to a map created by […]

A sweeping review of nearly 300 studies finds the pesticide chlorpyrifos damages the brain, hormones, DNA, and the liver, even at "safe" exposure levels.

In Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, the link between pesticide exposure and Parkinson’s disease looms large for farmworkers and nearby communities.

A screening of a documentary about chemical pollution in St. John the Baptist Parish in Louisiana will finally move forward after it was abruptly canceled […]

Some will question its credibility — but the alternative future to the one imagined in the World Justice Report is far more bleak.

Our plan is radical — but by transforming how we live on a finite planet, nearly everyone gains, says Thomas Piketty and researchers from the World […]

Days after the U.S. said it would kill a network of ocean monitors, European officials pledged to invest more in their version, calling it a “necessity.”

The National Center for Atmospheric Research is the latest example of how the Trump administration’s efforts to chainsaw the federal government can happen […]

Investigation reveals regulator let firms off the hook on cleanup bonds despite backlog that will take decades to clearWhen Christiaan van Woudenberg moved to […]

Scientists believe they may now have found the cause of Fair Isle’s pollution – and warn that it should be ringing alarm bells in other coastal areasWhen […]

‘Megafires’ in California, Canada, South Korea and Europe in 2025, but changes to farming slowed spread in parts of Africa“Devastating” wildfires […]

Researchers find breathing more air pollution can slow lung development all the way up to early adulthoodResearch shows that air pollution is slowing the lung […]

For some it’s ‘the music of May’. For others, it’s an antisocial irritation. But wherever you stand, be careful – or you could fall foul of the […]

Calaminarian grassland is a rare habitat where plants thrive in soils contaminated by heavy metals. But should these toxic meadows be protected or allowed to […]

Supporters of deregulation want Europe to be more like the US. But that would serve only American interestsIn July 2024, a European Union law came into force […]

Researchers racing to document Oceania’s last tropical glaciers found the remaining ‘eternal snow’ in Indonesia’s West Papua region has lost almost all […]