Zero waste: The global plastics crisis
Plastic pollution is one aspect of the global environmental crisis, a crisis rooted in consumerism and a socio-economic system championed by developed nations, which promotes greed, selfishness and division.
Intelligence thieves: How toxic pollutants are robbing communities of color
In her new book, author and ethicist Harriet Washington unearths one of the most overlooked aspects of environmental racism.
How persistent student organizing forced one of the largest public universities to divest from...
Over eight years, University of Michigan students led bold direct actions, continually recruited new students and forged ties with regents to keep $1 billion from the fossil fuel industry.
California passes law to fine oil companies over price gouging
The new law prohibiting fuel price gouging will go into effect June 26.
California briefly runs on 97% renewable energy, showing a future in which oil and...
If anyone is listening, what we really need is national financial instruments allowing families to pay off solar panels over time.
Smoke from wildfires reaches the North Pole for the first time in recorded history
NASA said smoke could also be seen in parts of Mongolia, Canada and western Greenland.
Bernie Sanders joins Des Moines climate strike, young people in 20 states begin sit-ins...
"If we have the courage to take on the fossil fuel industry and other special interests, if we have the courage to pass a Green New Deal, we can create up to 20 million good-paying jobs transforming our energy system.”
Tulsi Gabbard’s “Hemp for Victory” Act
Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) introduced a bill in Congress a few weeks ago that would modernize the hemp industry, develop specific guidelines and...
The hot tub of death?
Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Civilization Under Threat
Climate activists set sights on ending fossil fuel exports in Pacific Northwest once and...
When federal regulators came to Southern Oregon in June for hearings on a massive gas export project, they were greeted by a...