Why Indigenous hunting is essential to forest sustainability
Hunting has a bad reputation and is rarely considered in forest governance and conservation strategies. But what if, instead, we tried to learn from it?
This Is What Happens To Humans When They Are Exposed To Too Much Lead
An apology doesn’t change the health effects that Flint residents are seeing as a result of the elevated levels of lead in their water.
Trump threatens to veto first-ever congressional action on “forever chemicals”
A handful of multibillion-dollar chemical companies have waged war on our bodies and our environment for nearly 70 years without our knowledge...
Mexico is letting an oil company destroy protected mangroves for an $8 billion oil...
Satellite images posted on Quartz show the cleared land to accommodate the construction.
Navajo sues government for $160 million over last year’s mining waste spill
Last year, the EPA spilled massive amounts of gold mining waste into the Animas river near the Navajo Nation reservation, turning the entire river yellow. Now, the Navajo is suing the government for on-going damages to their health and the environment.
Black voters know climate justice is racial justice
Research suggests that people of color may be more concerned than Whites about climate change.
Living with natural gas pipelines: Appalachian landowners describe fear, anxiety and loss
“Harvesting the timber was, then digging the coal was our salvation. … And then here’s the third one. We just keep doing the same thing.”
In ‘critical and totally doable first step,’ EPA proposes phasedown of climate super-pollutants
With this rule to reduce hydrofluorocarbons, “EPA is taking another significant step under President Biden’s ambitious agenda to address the climate crisis,” said the agency’s administrator.
The growing danger of force for hire
Energy Transfer Partners are just one of the recent companies to utilize private military and security contractors. Looks like the private security genie is out of the bottle.
Lakes are experiencing deoxygenation worldwide
“Climate change, together with [agricultural pollution], threatens vulnerable freshwater systems, adding to the urgency to strongly cut emissions.”