The UN just declared a universal human right to a healthy, sustainable environment –...
Even though declarations like this one are not legally binding, they can be vital tools people can use to pressure governments and private companies to protect or improve human well-being.
Industry plans thousands of miles of new gas pipelines to boost LNG exports
As coastal communities and tribes watch the infrastructure build up around them, many worry about the impact it may have on their safety, livelihoods, and culture.
EPA extends use of Monsanto’s controversial pesticide dicamba on GM soybean and cotton plants
"Simply adding more use restrictions to an uncontrollable pesticide that already comes with 39 pages of instructions and limitations reflects a broken process."
Plastic bag bans prove effective in US, reducing usage by billions
Recent reports by environmental nonprofits indicate a substantial decrease in plastic bag usage due to bans implemented in various states and cities.
Elizabeth Warren adopts $3 trillion climate crisis plan, challenges all 2020 candidates to do...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced that she would adopt Gov. Jay Inslee's climate crisis plan and add in a $1 trillion in investments to help protect workers...
Emergency declared at nuclear waste site in Washington state
The Hanford site is known for being the most contaminated nuclear site in the country.
Automation, climate change and Donald Trump: What kind of future are we in for?
Author Peter Frase combines science fiction and Marxist theory to imagine possible outcomes, for better and for worse.
All Forms of Life Are Sacred
Just because animals are cognitively different from us, why is it people's belief that they have lesser moral value? Using them is the ultimate problem—it does not matter how well we treat them.
Demand for Non-GMO Products Hits the Seed Industry
While there is growing interest in Non-GMO Project verification among seed companies, there aren’t many incentives for companies to have their seed verified because the Non-GMO Project focuses more on food.
Trump admin. wants to make it easier to frack and mine in national forests
"Instead of weakening protections, Trump should clean up the mess the mining industry has already left behind in our forests."