The world needs a water treaty
The world has enough water for 7 billion people, but not if countries waste, hoard, or weaponize it.
The good news about Trump’s very bad environment speech
It’s hard to find the nuggets of good news in the media these days. Many people are so burnt out on the...
23 Governors join together with California to oppose Trump’s fuel efficiency freeze
Governors from 24 U.S. states are standing together and backing California officials who are asking the Trump administration to put the brakes...
At least 2% of U.S. public water systems are like Flint’s – Americans just...
More than five years after Flint’s water crisis first hit the news, the city has successfully lowered the lead levels in its...
Only a mass movement can bring about a Green New Deal
Ours is an age of crisis. Britain faces a crisis of inequality, with the Tories’ brutal austerity program leaving schoolchildren eating from bins and...
Why we can’t ignore U.S. military emissions
The U.S. military’s carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, it relies upon an extensive global network of container ships, trucks,...
Lawmakers in U.S. Virgin Islands ban sunscreens that harm coral reefs
“Oxybenzone, octinoxate and octocrylene devastate coral and marine life and are also known carcinogenic and hormone disruptors in humans.”
Trump reverses water bottle ban in national parks
The 2011 “Water Bottle Ban” gave national parks the allowance to prohibit the sale of plastic water bottles, which helped reduce park...
Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders introduce resolution declaring the climate crisis a national emergency
“Today we stand in solidarity with tens of millions of people from around the world in calling for a mass mobilization of our social and economic resources."
Let rivers flood: Communities adopt new strategies for resilience
New kinds of flood plans put nature back in charge, help populations adapt to a changing climate, reduce risk — and more.