Noam Chomsky: The Green New Deal is exactly the right idea
"So the basic idea is, I think, completely defensible – in fact, essential."
South America’s second-largest forest is also burning – and ‘environmentally friendly’ charcoal is subsidizing...
Due to the some of the fastest deforestation in the world, this once enormous ecosystem may soon be gone outside of protected areas.
Fossil fuel divestment debates on campus spotlight the societal role of colleges and universities
Divestment debates are forcing colleges and universities to reconsider how to contribute to a more resilient and sustainable future.
Chinese Activists Stop Truck Transporting 300 Dogs to be Slaughtered
A mob of activists prevented 300 dogs from being illegally transported to a slaughterhouse in northeastern China.
The white horse and the humvees—Standing Rock is offering us a choice
Right here, between the barricades on a North Dakota highway, is a pivotal confrontation between two world views, two futures.
Fossil fuel extraction threatens Africa’s remaining elephants
The growing global outcry against the destruction caused by the oil and gas industry has pushed leaders to address their actions to...
Exclusive: Whistleblower accuses Exxon of ‘fraudulent’ behavior for overvaluing fracking assets for years
“This is just a continuation of at least six years of fraudulent and defiant behavior by Exxon, which has slanted its accounting policies and skewed its impairment calculations to avoid necessary write downs of its oil & gas properties since at least 2014.”
Dakota access pipeline protests spread to 300 cities as pipeline owner sues to continue...
As actions against the Dakota Access pipeline swept the country and world Tuesday, Energy Transfer Partners, which owns the pipeline, filed documents in federal court in Washington, D.C.
Obama to Create World’s Largest Marine Reserve in Hawaii
"This is a bold decision that will have lasting benefits for Hawaii's unique ecosystem."
In ‘critical step’ for climate, Biden to restore protections for Tongass National Forest
“The Tongass is not only one of the few truly wild places left on the planet, it is vital to our path forward as we deal with climate change,” said the Alaska-based group SalmonState.