Confronting climate change in a deeply unequal world
Humanity has, the scientists tell us, about a dozen years to get our environmental act together. Or else...
Deforestation in Sumatra carves up tiger habitats into ever smaller patches
“The threats to tigers’ survival in Sumatra are critical.”
Obama alums are pushing fracked gas exports. That’s exactly what Trump wants
At least five of these Obama officials now work for natural gas export companies.
Watchdog reporting examines a pension officer’s fossil fuel trades and a fire truck monopoly
The Lever's latest investigations trace a California retirement chief's oil and gas stock trading and a spreading set of antitrust suits over who builds America's fire engines.
One family’s bold stand to block construction of a new pipeline
The family is asking for supporters to join them and plan to continue their campaign against the pipeline’s construction regardless of the court’s decision.
Nearly half the world’s children at ‘extremely high risk’ for facing effects of climate...
"The climate crisis is a child rights crisis."
The unseen threat: Noise in the Arctic marine environment
Increasing levels of underwater noise threaten Arctic whales, seals, fish and other species. A new report offers an opportunity for Arctic nations to lead on the issue.
Climate movement targets Wall Street to stop driving fossil fuel industry’s expansion
It's no secret that the driving force behind the fossil fuel industry's expansion is the financial industry. But the nation's leading climate...
First-of-its-kind study measures fracking’s impact on nearby surface water quality
“Our work provides the first large-sample evidence showing that hydraulic fracturing is related to the quality of nearby surface waters for several U.S. shales.”
Big oil firms touted algae as climate solution. Now all have pulled funding
ExxonMobil, the last remaining proponent of green algae biofuel, ends research.