Environment

“Millions of people should not have to wait for years to have safe water, proper toilets and better hygiene.”

The climate crisis is more severe than even many scientists have acknowledged. Climate expert Kevin Anderson says many scientists are self-censoring their work to downplay the severity of the climate crisis.

Properly addressing the plastics problem involves not only interrogating corporate tactics but also understanding that some plastics provide societal benefits.

"Today, the syndemic of environmental and racial injustice, and the novel coronavirus have brought into dramatic relief that exposure to fine particle air pollutants is making these same communities the epicenter of illness and disproportionate rates of death from Covid-19."

While the world watches in horror as fires rage on in the Amazon, activists are shining a light on the big businesses...

Justice Department reopens the Emmett Tiller investigation, Trump's global chaos tour, Ireland passes bill to fully divest from fossil fuel by end of 2018, and more.

According to recent estimates, over 8 million tons of plastic enter the oceans every year.

The networks failed to devote significant coverage to climate-related policies, but they still found the time to uncritically air climate denial.

It is now illegal for commercially-bred animals to be sold at both pet stores and public grounds in Boston, Massachusetts.

The big banks funded the money-losing fracking industry for the past decade just like they funded the housing crisis — but the reality is, just like in the housing crisis, the coming bailouts will protect the banks.