Environment

Hello global warming: not only is 2016 shaping up to be the hottest year on record, but July 2016 is officially the warmest month of any in a data record that can be extended back to the nineteenth century.

Even as the U.S. government pats itself on the back over these settlements regarding the abuse of American Indian land, a federal judge has ruled against the Standing Rock tribe’s request to halt construction of the crude-oil pipeline.

The EPA recently announced it would not be strengthening the standard for particle pollution or soot, despite the agency’s own analysis showing that strengthening the standard by 25 percent could save 12,500 lives per year.

“We’re trying to connect the sense of urgency from the fires to actions people can take.”

“To put it simply, the state of the planet is broken.”

Best-selling author Naomi Klein examines how the 2008 economic crisis and bank bailouts continue to shape political momentum to tackle climate change; Obama’s attempt to be a climate leader at the COP 21 meeting in Paris; and the potential for new Canada’s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

President Trump has already signed 13 repeal measures since assuming office.

Plastic bottles will soon take over the entire Earth, literally.

Moving away from fossil fuels, like coal, can save thousands of lives in the U.S., and save us billions of dollars.

Almost half of the world’s children are seriously threatened by the rapidly deteriorating global climate.