Why the Climate Movement Needs a Reboot
As the unifying force of climate denial starts to fade, the climate movement finds itself entering a new phase — one that demands a new outlook on power.
Scientists Discover an Imperiled Bumblebee Bouncing Back in Unexpected Places
Western bumblebees remain in steep decline, but biologists believe they may be evolving to outwit a deadly parasite.
Global wildfires are raging, leaving long-lasting damage
Wildfires are nothing new, but the environmental stakes for humanity are extraordinarily high. As fires threaten to destroy the Amazon ecosystem—the world's largest carbon sink—the melting of permafrost in Siberia is accelerating the melting of Greenland's ice cap. The world may be burning, but climate change is still not a burning issue for President Trump, many of his congressional allies and numerous European leaders.
People in Arkansas Poisoned by Koch Brothers-Owned Paper Plant
Residents have been reported experiencing respiratory and sinus problems, sore throats, nausea and allergies which could be from these factory toxins.
The most important thing media can tell us is how we’re getting infected
Finding out what the weak spots are in our defense against the coronavirus is the most vital task journalists can perform right now. It’s news we could use—desperately.
The beginning of the end for oil?
No matter how this pandemic finally plays out, the post-Covid-19 world is bound to have a very different look from the pre-pandemic one and energy use is likely to be among the areas most affected by the transformations underway.
How to save the planet from President Trump
It’s quite possible that we’ve lost our best chance to combat climate change, writes Bill McKibben, but we must try to contain the damage.
Up to half a million sharks could be killed to create global coronavirus vaccines,...
Conservationists fear that if two doses of the vaccine are needed to immunize the global population than half a million sharks would subsequently die.
Amy Coney Barrett’s remarks on climate change raise alarm that a climate denier is...
“It’s a really big deal — and a sign of a complete failure of our democracy — to be confirming a climate denier to a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court during a moment when urgent climate action is an existential priority.”
Indigenous and progressive activists and lawmakers plan rally at DNC to push Biden in...
"[This] rally is a culmination of intensive and sustained organizing by labor, racial justice, environmental, Indigenous, and other groups to address racial injustice, the climate crisis, and economic justice in this moment of overlapping crises."