Monday, October 5, 2026

UN’s omission of fossil fuels in ‘Pact for the Future’ sparks global outcry

Recent negotiations have stripped these references, sparking widespread concern among environmental advocates and global leaders.

Neonicotinoid pesticides have caused a huge surge in the toxicity of U.S. agriculture

Scientists are warning about a second Silent Spring after a new study found that U.S. agriculture is 48 times more toxic to insects than...
Satellite imagery of forest loss near Kisangani, in DR Congo's Tshopo province, home to the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve. Photo: NASA Earth Observatory, public domain

What conservation rumors reveal about climate projects in the Congo Basin

Researchers spent years listening to villagers' rumors about a Congo Basin science station before realizing the rumors were making an argument of their own.

Paris climate agreement becomes official international law

The Paris agreement seeks to create a more transparent system that will allow the public to monitor how well goals are met by each country as climate change progress is made.
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Cornel West: I am heading to Standing Rock to show solidarity with historic Indigenous...

Cornel West will join the Standing Rock Sioux, NationofChange, hundreds of veterans, and thousands of others at Standing Rock this weekend.

Fossil fuel industry engaging in ‘pervasive fraud’ that threatens global economy, report warns

Warning of an impending financial implosion driven largely by fossil fuel industry deception, a recent report calls on fossil fuel insiders and...

Tom Goldtooth: ‘They cannot extinguish the fire that Standing Rock started’

The camp may be gone, but the fight will continue. The seeds have been planted, and they will continue to grow.

Germany’s new wildflower meadows offer urban safe havens to bees and insects

thanks to wildflower meadows being planted precisely to reverse precipitous declines in insect populations.

Utilities knew: Documenting electric utilities’ early knowledge and ongoing deception on climate change from...

Nearly 50 years after scientists began to warn the electric utility industry about climate change, some utilities continue to stand in the way of real progress in addressing the problem.

Here’s how the climate crisis is impacting the water cycle

The current extreme fluctuation in precipitation across the globe is due in large part to climate change.