“Water is life”: Midwestern floods threaten Indigenous communities at forefront of climate crisis
As Nebraska and the U.S. Midwest recover from devastating climate change-fueled floods, we speak with Lakota historian Nick Estes on how two centuries of indigenous resistance created the movement proclaiming “Water is life.”
A growing movement to reclaim water rights for Indigenous people
Native tribes are reliant on their local water sources, which have been continuously exploited and contaminated by the U.S. government and non-Native people. Indigenous groups are finding new ways to demand justice.
California Gov. Jerry Brown is backing a climate bill full of giveaways to polluters
Regulators say the measure would make it impossible to meet the state’s greenhouse gas reduction targets by 2030.
In Illinois, New Rules Expected to Make Solar Faster and Cheaper
The rules come at a critical time for Illinois’ energy future.
Plastic trash in the ocean is a global problem, and the US is the...
A study published in 2020 that concluded that the U.S. is the largest global source of plastic waste, including plastics shipped to other countries that later are mismanaged.
Climate change isn’t just making cyclones worse, it’s making the floods they cause worse...
Amphan Mark II need not be as destructive as we’ve projected if the world’s governments act now to meet Paris agreement climate goals.
Trump’s EPA is changing its math to make clean power plan rollback seem less...
"Using fake math to hide the death toll from dirty air at the behest of the coal industry is sadly consistent with the Trump administration's complete disregard for public health."
Indigenous-led movement credited with ‘huge victory’ as Biden plans to rescind Keystone XL permit...
"We formed an immensely powerful, unlikely alliance of voices and we never gave up."
Sanders and Omar push to end $17 billion in fossil fuel subsidies with new...
Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Ilhan Omar reintroduce legislation to eliminate federal subsidies for fossil fuel companies, aiming to save taxpayers $170 billion over the next decade.
The carbon capture plants that COP26 didn’t discuss
The time has come to stop viewing these plants with a blind eye and start to use them in an effective way.