The Federal Retreat on Child Labor Enforcement Threatens America’s Children
January 21, 2026 | Trump’s gutting of workplace safety enforcement comes as many states have rolled back their own efforts. That puts young workers at risk.
Articles by Todd Larsen
Communities Pay the Price for ‘Free’ AI Tools
September 3, 2025 | AI data centers produce massive noise pollution, use huge amounts of water, and keep us hooked on fossil fuels.
Let’s Get Child Labor Off Our Dinner Plates
June 12, 2025 | From agriculture to restaurants, more and more food in this country is produced by child labor. That’s putting whole communities at risk.
The Planetary Cost of Amazon’s Convenience
April 17, 2019 | That Prime membership enriches a company that’s aggressively marketing itself to help major polluters.
The Senate Needs to Put People Before Pipelines
November 20, 2018 | Last year, a little-known commission killed a boneheaded idea to make consumers prop up the coal industry. Now Trump wants to give an industry loyalist a seat.
The Public Has Been Ignored For Too Long On Pipelines
June 27, 2018 | The government's own watchdogs agree: Regulators have been ignoring local communities and siding with industry way too often.
AT&T and Verizon Need to Hang Up On Fossil Fuels
September 13, 2017 | One text at a time, America's largest telecommunications companies are fueling climate change.
Concerned About Climate Change? Change Where You Bank!
April 19, 2017 | Wall Street is destroying the planet with our own savings — so let's move them.