Monday, September 28, 2026
A beef cattle herd grazing on pasture. Photo: inkknife_2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Organic Beef Has a Larger Carbon Footprint Than Feedlot Beef

But no matter the way it’s raised, beef comes with a steep climate cost.

No #DAPL: Tell Congress to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline

Tell Congress to shut down DAPL and restore tribal sovereignty, protect our waterways, and our climate.

Campaign to shut down New England’s last coal plant is doing ‘what must be...

New Hampshire's No Coal No Gas campaign deployed kayaktivists and a garden blockade as part of its latest day of mass action aimed at closing Merrimack Station.
An aerial view of Boulder City and Lake Mead, Nevada. Photo: Doc Searls/CC BY 2.0

Federal panel halts first AI data center approved on US public land

The board found regulators treated an 88.5-acre data center as barely different from the solar farm it was supposed to replace.
Solar panel installation in Ghana. Photo: SAgbley / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Earthshot and the science of positive tipping points: how environmental progress can become unstoppable

Change happens rapidly when we know where to look: these solutions could tip the world towards a better future.

Why we’ll fix the climate crisis

Humanity has always been resilient. When our backs are against the wall, we will stand up and fight against whatever is trying to hold us down.

The GOP ​climate push that mostly leaves out climate

House Republicans introduced a new climate agenda that promotes fossil fuels and speculative technologies, while leaving out real emissions reduction targets.
Fish and Wildlife Service biologists release an endangered species back into the wild. Photo: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS, public domain

Trump administration moves to let accidental killing of endangered species go unpunished

A leaked memo would count only deliberate harm as a violation of the 1973 law, even though most protected species die by accident.

How the NextEra scandal could slow clean energy growth

If trust in NextEra dwindles—and seemingly it has, if stock recommendations are anything to judge by—people might be less willing to consider the installation of a wind farm in the

Earth may temporarily pass dangerous 1.5℃ warming limit by 2024, major new report says

If emission reductions are large and sustained, we can still meet the Paris goals and avoid the most severe damage to the natural world, the economy and people. But worryingly, we also have time to make it far worse.