Saturday, August 2, 2025

As climate chaos escalates in Indian Country, feds abandon tribes

With the climate crisis now escalating, and the federal government withdrawing, help from local muscle and outside charities is about all the disaster relief that Indian Country can expect for the foreseeable future.

Humpbacks, endangered for the last 25 years, are returning in record numbers

“2021 has been a banner year for female humpbacks coming into the Salish Sea with new calves.”

Former head of energy, environment at ALEC, Todd Wynn, hired by Trump Interior Department

Wynn's new job at Interior will parallel his past role at ALEC.

Hospitals are investing billions of dollars in fossil fuels, report reveals

Should hospitals decide not to join the fossil fuel divestment movement, they risk betraying their mission to serving their patients, new report said.

DAPL water protector might lose arm after being shot with a concussion grenade

26 protesters were taken to the hospital following Sunday’s confrontation.

Here’s why you can’t afford an electric car

The U.S. is aggressively keeping cheap Chinese-made EVs off the market. We are all paying the price for this protectionism.

PG&E announces initiative to submerge 10,000-miles of power lines to lessen risk of wildfires...

PG&E's new infrastructure safety initiative is said to be the largest effort to lessen the risk of wildfire in the U.S.

What will climate change do to the US-Mexico border?

The U.S. national security apparatus is aware of the connection between climate change and migration.

Teenage activists post signs to warn of toxic air in London neighborhoods

"We took action so that lawmakers, decision makers and politicians finally take this climate and air quality crisis seriously, for everyone's sake."

Export ban should make US re-examine captive life of wild-caught elephants

Days before an export ban took effect, 32 wild-caught elephants were flown out of Zimbabwe to China. The secrecy around the ongoing capture and trade of the nation’s wildlife exposes lack of accountability, transparency and a hint of arrogance by Zimbabwean authorities.