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In landmark UN complaint, 16 children accuse nations of failing to protect them from...

Youth climate activists from around the world also attended the U.N. Climate Action Summit Monday, where they...

3 Reasons the Standing Rock Sioux Can Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline

For starters, this protest is about a competing idea for the future of the planet—and waves of people will show up to make that point.

Toxic Alaska mine could ‘destroy the world’s last great sockeye salmon fishery’

The massive Pebble Mine project is back in play after Alaska’s governor met with President Donald Trump.

Port of LA to Open World’s First Off-Grid Terminal Powered Entirely by Renewables

The clean air gains will be the equivalent of taking 14,100 cars a day off the road in the South Coast Air Basin

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.

A poisoned legacy: challenging the EPA’s reluctance to ban glyphosate amidst rising health concerns

Unveiling the controversy: a deep dive into the legal, scientific, and humanitarian debate over glyphosate's future

With their land on the line, Indigenous Brazilians gather for landmark ruling

“Indigenous people are facing a series of threats at this moment and we decided to resist.”

Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister, leaving UK in energy crisis turmoil

“I do want to accept responsibility and say sorry for the mistakes that have been made. I wanted to act to help people with their energy bills to deal with the issue of high taxes, but we went too far and too fast.”

Big banks pull financing, prepare to seize assets from collapsing oil and gas industry

The big banks funded the money-losing fracking industry for the past decade just like they funded the housing crisis — but the reality is, just like in the housing crisis, the coming bailouts will protect the banks.

Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Another oil spill, fracking fuels climate change, Mueller investigates Blackwater founder Erik Prince, and more.