New research warns severe climate-related droughts could threaten 60% of global wheat crop by...
Underscoring the necessity of aggressive action to combat human-caused global warming, research published Wednesday warns that the majority of the world's wheat...
California polluters may soon buy carbon “offsets” from the Amazon — is that ethical?
Fires in the Brazilian Amazon have outraged the world. But what can people living far from the world’s largest rainforest do to save...
10 ways that the climate crisis and militarism are intertwined
The environmental justice movement that is surging globally is intentionally intersectional, showing how global warming is connected to issues such as race,...
These trees survived California’s drought and that’s giving scientists hope for climate change
When California's historic five-year drought finally relented a few years ago, the tally of dead trees in the Sierra Nevada was higher...
Wilderness cuts the risk of extinction for species in half
Wilderness areas buffer species against the risk of extinction, reducing it by more than half, a new study shows.Places with lots of...
‘We know the end is coming’: The plight and rise of climate refugees
“God knows what will happen. We know the end is coming.”
These were the words of Saber Saladas, a...
Another virtual pipeline truck carrying fracked gas crashes in New York. Local climate advocates...
On Monday around 1:00 a.m., a “Virtual Pipeline” truck carrying compressed natural gas mined from the Marcellus Shale crashed on Interstate 88...
17 states file suit to stop Trump administration’s crippling of endangered species act
Seventeen states on Wednesday sued the President Donald Trump administration over its recent move "to eviscerate" the Endangered Species Act.
California sues for right to stronger pollution standards
The Trump administration made a "demonstrable move, to assert power and dominance."
How climate policies hurt the poor
Over the past 25 years, nearly 1.2 billion people around the world have been lifted out of poverty, while both malnutrition and the risk of death from...