10 species climate change could push to extinction
Species are finding less food, more competition for limited resources, or inhospitable conditions to which they can’t adapt fast enough.
Wisconsin legislators seek to criminalize climate, environmental protests
“It is alarming to see the fossil fuel industry trying to pit environmentalists and labor unions against one another."
Heating up the hot spots
Climate change could function as a “threat multiplier” in already touchy regions of the globe, perhaps triggering armed conflicts over water, arable land, or other resources.
As Enbridge races to build Line 3 Pipeline, resistance ramps up in the courts...
Meanwhile, the fight against Line 3 in Minnesota is continuing on the ground as Enbridge plows ahead with construction.
Why does ‘heaven’ want to destroy us? Meditation on the biggest eco-system of all
Who knew our species’ brainpower could conceive in advance, and with tragic specificity, the looming, incremental, not so Little Bang that awaits us?
How young climate activists built a mass movement to be reckoned with
The movement of the future has potential to further re-shape politics in ways most of us can’t even imagine.
Republicans move to sell off 3.3 million acres of public land
A bill introduced by Rep. Jason Chaffetz last week proposes to sell 3.3 million acres of federal land in 10 different states.
Why the US culture of colonial extraction is making people sick and destroying the...
Rupa Marya, a physician and musician, studies how social structures impact health. She says colonial capitalism fractures the critical relationships that keep us healthy.
Lost decade: how Shell downplayed early warnings over climate change
Newly discovered documents from the 1970s and early ’80s show that Shell knew more about the “greenhouse effect” than it let on in public.
Texas the biggest culprit in toxic waterway discharge in US, report finds
Texas is the No. 1 state in the U.S. for discharging of toxic pollutants into streams, rivers and lakes.