Climate activists mount utility strike to urge the shutdown of New England coal plant
The Strike Down Coal campaign provides a COVID-safe form of disobedience, building on more than a year of direct actions to shut down Merrimack Station.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, September 18
Who is Christine Blasey Ford, catastrophic and historic flooding, Trumps sets up tariffs, and more.
Nestlé, stop single use:’ Activists confront company executives at Annual General Meeting in Switzerland...
"It's time for Nestlé to really take some responsibility for the magnitude of its contribution to the problem."
Lake Erie turns toxic every summer. Officials aren’t cracking down on the source.
Voluntary fixes for the growing — and global — hazardous algae problem aren’t working.
Planetary boundary crossed: Ocean acidification now threatens global ecosystems and coastal economies
Scientists warn that ocean acidification passed a critical tipping point years ago, threatening marine biodiversity and putting billions in economic value at risk as world leaders gather for emergency talks in France.
How a small North Carolina community is pushing back on pollution
A new group of allies is fighting a proposed asphalt plant that threatens their health and their homes.
1.5 million volunteers plant 66 million trees in 12 hours, breaking Guinness World Record
The aim of the mass-planting event was to raise awareness for the nation’s “make India green again” plan.
More than half a million people exposed to flaring, increased health risks, says UCLA...
Roughly 530,000 people live within three miles of an oil and gas flare.
As the planet warms, let’s be clear: We are sacrificing lives for profits
Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations.
Old planes to be transformed into 100-passenger electric planes by 2026, startup announces
Wright Electric will convert existing BAe 146 planes, first made by British aerospace company BAE Systems in the 1980s, into electric planes.