Environment

The Arctic Refuge is one of the U.S.’s last wild places, and the coastal plain is its biological heart.

With South Carolina’s economy dependent on coastal business, such as fishing and tourism, any damage to the coast could have a major impact on the state.

“Global inequalities seem to be about as great today as they were at the peak of western imperialism in the early 20th century.”

At a time when the major fossil-fuel companies are still raking in staggering profits off their oil and natural gas supplies, as that line straight out of my childhood went: There oughta be a law.

“This bill calls a halt to the Administration’s headlong rush to sell off this special wilderness to corporate polluters."

“By turning so much of the land in this state into critical infrastructure, the average person can find themselves facing five years in prison for literally just being in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

This phenomenon signals a dire warning about the escalating impacts of climate change on these vital underwater ecosystems.

Flint reveals that there is a much deeper contamination poisoning our country's political morals: namely, an insidious right-wing belief that poor people (particularly people of color who are poor) are underserving moochers whose misfortunes can be ignored.

Western monarch butterflies overwinter along the Pacific coast, but they are vulnerable to pesticide residue and drift from nearby farms and urban areas.

Is the federal government wavering on pushing through ill-advised oil transportation?