Faced With a Fracking Giant, This Small Town Just Legalized Civil Disobedience
A new first-in-the-nation law will shield residents from arrest as they use direct action to stop fracking-wastewater injection wells.
Ivory Kingpin Jailed for 20 Years
The conviction and sentencing of ivory kingpin sends a message to poachers and traffickers harming animals, humans and the environment.
6 Problems Worse Than Terrorism in America
Guns, suicide, war. These are just some of the things that kill and affect more people than terrorism in the United States.
The health and future of the world’s children are at risk and no country...
“This must be a wake up call for countries to invest in child health and development, ensure their voices are heard, protect their rights, and build a future that is fit for children.”
Radical Realism About Climate Change
If we fail, we should not be surprised if, just a few years from now, the planetary thermostat is under the control of a handful of states or military and scientific interests.
Record number of U.S. weather disasters struck in 2020, costing billions
The fact that more people are living in areas vulnerable to climate disasters also contributed to the record number of billion-dollar events.
Analysis: Fossil fuel tax programs to cut emissions lead to lots of industry profit,...
Policies like this, including putting a price on carbon, “allow polluters to keep polluting and pay the tax.”
Over a half-million Americans live near oil refineries with high levels of a cancer-causing...
More than a dozen U.S. oil refineries released the potent carcinogen benzene in 2020 at levels high enough to require action under...
Do beach cleanups really make a difference?
Cleanups can help people understand the problem and engage in solutions.
Deadly pesticide still legal in US can harm bee populations for generations, study finds
The latest research offers another argument that U.S. regulators should follow the EU and ban neonicotinoids.