Thursday, May 28, 2026

On the precipice

Worlds end. Every day. We all die sooner or later. When you get to my age, it’s a subject that can’t help but...

Native American tribes oppose Colorado River project on Navajo land

Besides the affront to sacred Native American land and water, environmental groups see a devastating impact from Pumped Hydro Storage's proposal.

The United States and Canada are among the world’s top 5 ‘planet wreckers,’ new...

The U.S. is both the largest historical carbon emitter and the world’s top oil and gas producer.

Pruitt flings open EPA doors to anti-science conservative ideologues

Pruitt refused to recuse himself from eight ongoing lawsuits against the EPA that he helped file as Oklahoma’s top prosecutor.

In a contested Oregon primary race, Democrats back candidate taking fossil fuel money

Rather than back a progressive climate champion, a retiring congressman throws his weight behind a candidate who has taken campaign cash from Jordan Cove LNG.

175 nations start negotiations for legally binding international treaty on plastic pollution

Negotiators from 175 nations will create a team of scientists to address the plastic pollution crisis worldwide.

How a small North Carolina community is pushing back on pollution

A new group of allies is fighting a proposed asphalt plant that threatens their health and their homes.

Global freshwater demand will exceed supply 40% by 2030, experts warn

“The scientific evidence is that we have a water crisis. We are misusing water, polluting water, and changing the whole global hydrological cycle, through what we are doing to the climate. It’s a triple crisis.”

A mix of unusual forces is fueling Southern California’s fires

Scientists have tied California's fires to rising temperatures and years of epic drought.

Youth plaintiffs file response with Supreme Court pointing to the government’s serious mischaracterization of...

“The Supreme Court has never before stopped a trial for the reasons argued by the defendants and I’m confident our brief will assure the Chief Justice that there is no intrusion into the ability of the executive branch to do its job while the Department of Justice defends this case at trial."