An invisible essential labor force
How the migrant women farmworkers who put food on our tables are organizing for a better life after the pandemic.
The future of Exxon and the Permian’s flaring crisis
Chevron has already admitted that it might cut spending in response to the sudden Saudi-Russia price war. Exxon too might soon have to slam on the brakes.
Rick Perry, climate denier and Dakota Access Pipeline owner board member, named energy secretary
Governor Perry has serious conflicts of interest that should disqualify him from the job.
Obama Administration Urged to Halt Dumping of Offshore Fracking Waste Into Gulf of Mexico
"The proposed permit violates the Clean Water Act because it causes an undue degradation of the marine environment."
How major southeast utilities paid local media for favorable coverage
This is an example of how big money can interact with the decline in local journalism to spread false or misleading information, including about the climate crisis and appropriate solutions.
Could a California law help save America’s public lands throughout the West?
The state used an innovative new law to fight back against the Trump administration’s expansion of oil and gas drilling—and that could provide a model for the rest of the country.
Right-wing lobby group ALEC driving laws to blacklist companies that boycott the oil industry
The group’s strategy, which aims to protect large oil firms and other conservative-friendly industries, is modeled on legislation to punish divestment from Israel.
Trump EPA’s refusal to strengthen air quality standards most likely to harm communities of...
“There is evidence that Black people have three times the hazard from long-term exposure to fine particles [soot] than the general population."
Conservation group to buy world’s largest privately held sequoia forest for $15M
"By protecting this property, we will safeguard the biological richness and ecological resilience of a forest unlike any other on Earth."
Billionaire emissions outpace lifetime footprints of average individuals, new report shows
The report examines how the super-rich’s use of luxury transportation and investments in polluting industries exacerbate the climate crisis.