Worldwide deforestation rising despite bold commitments, report finds
“At five years on, we’re losing the battle.”
As Amazon rainforest burns, Brazil’s environment minister to meet US group that denies climate...
A Greenpeace Brazil campaingner says the Bolsonaro government "makes efforts to deny the problems, not to face them."
Another Flint? Newark, NJ, faces public health crisis over lead contamination in city’s water...
Thousands of residents in Newark, New Jersey, remain unable to drink their tap water in an enduring public health nightmare. Lead contamination...
Neonicotinoid pesticides have caused a huge surge in the toxicity of U.S. agriculture
Scientists are warning about a second Silent Spring after a new study found that U.S. agriculture is 48 times more toxic to insects than...
Bernie Sanders promises, if elected, all administration members will oppose fracking and fossil fuels
Sen. Bernie Sanders announced yesterday that if elected for 2020 U.S. President, his administration would only be made up of officials who,...
Greenpeace shuts down Houston ship channel to protest oil exports as democratic candidates arrive...
Today, as Democratic presidential contenders arrive for a major debate this evening in Houston, 22 activists from Greenpeace sought to shut down...
The rise and rise of green politics
Alongside the flag-waving surge of right wing and extreme right wing groups, political parties concerned with environmental issues are on the rise.
Trump’s EPA to roll back Obama-era clean water regulations
Today the Trump administration is expected to repeal an Obama-era clean water regulation that had limited the amount of pollution and chemicals...
Democrats’ rejection of fossil fuel money marks shift from previous presidential races
The oil and gas industry has always favored Republican candidates over their Democratic opponents. Now, Democrats are pledging to break away from...
“We are striking to disrupt the system”: An hour with 16-year-old climate activist Greta...
In her first extended broadcast interview in the United States, we spend the hour with Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist...