Cornel West: I am heading to Standing Rock to show solidarity with historic Indigenous...
Cornel West will join the Standing Rock Sioux, NationofChange, hundreds of veterans, and thousands of others at Standing Rock this weekend.
State Department rewrites climate change web page
Secretary of State Tillerson has maintained that he believes climate science is "not conclusive" so the changes aren't altogether surprising.
4 signs we’re winning the battle against Monsanto
It’s no wonder Monsanto can’t wait to hand over the keys to Bayer. Things are getting messy. For consumers and environmentalists, it’s a beautiful mess.
Germany’s new wildflower meadows offer urban safe havens to bees and insects
thanks to wildflower meadows being planted precisely to reverse precipitous declines in insect populations.
Here’s how the climate crisis is impacting the water cycle
The current extreme fluctuation in precipitation across the globe is due in large part to climate change.
Former head of energy, environment at ALEC, Todd Wynn, hired by Trump Interior Department
Wynn's new job at Interior will parallel his past role at ALEC.
What it’s like to watch a harpooned whale die right before your eyes
Author Paul Watson has no problem with critics calling him and his marine-life-defending colleagues pirates—it’s far better than helplessly standing by and doing nothing in the face of the violence against animals they have witnessed.
Court order blocks Shell’s seismic surveys off South Africa’s Wild Coast
A South African court has ordered oil giant Shell to suspend plans for seismic blasting along the country’s Wild Coast, in a decision hailed by environmentalists.
US Fish and Wildlife schedule dates to decide endangered species protections for animals, plants...
"We’re in an extinction crisis, and scientists are warning of the impending loss of more than a million species. We need a Fish and Wildlife Service that does its job and acts with urgency.”
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, August 28
Student loan watchdog quits, progressives launch campaign against Kavanaugh, air pollution harms cognitive performance, and more.