Earth’s sixth mass extinction already underway
“The time to act is very short.”
Mexico pushes forward with ban of GMO corn, does not apply to imported animal...
Under Mexico's new rule, the country will begin revoking permits allowing the import of GMO corn for animal feed and stop issuing any new permits by 2024.
Moms and kids demand end to fossil fuel funding at Citigroup CEO’s home
Activists demand Citigroup cease funding fossil fuel projects amid rising global temperatures and climate displacement.
A former EPA adviser on how to push for environmental justice under Trump
“In our country there are two things that move policy. One is money. The other is the power of people.”
Puerto Rico faces a flood of fracked gas in wake of Hurricane Maria
The gas industry and its allies in Congress hope to push LNG exports to the island’s electricity grid, ravaged from climate change-fueled natural disaster.
Sustainable wine is less damaging to the environment, but how can you spot it?
The eco-footprint of the wine industry is significant, and some wineries are taking steps to reduce their impact.
Greenpeace ships set sail to tell the global story of plastic pollution
The Rainbow Warrior and the Beluga have set sail in the Mediterranean Sea protesting the plastic pollution and asking supporters to join the Plastic-Free-Future Campaign.
Bayou Bridge resistance: The pipeline fight heads to the south
Opponents of the pipeline say it could wreck the region's fragile ecology, damaging the basin and destroying Louisiana’s multi-million dollar crawfish industry.
Greenland ice melt will raise global sea levels at least 10 inches, scientists conclude
The scientists worry severe melting events, like the melting seen in 2012, could push eventual sea level rise closer to 30 inches.
The species that defined our year
Here you’ll find 12 of the species that struck us as we looked back at the year that was.