Environment

A government program to help poor, rural Indonesians through direct cash payments had the unexpected effect of reducing deforestation by 30 percent in participating villages.

"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."

Big oil believes “We now are going into a transition where we are going to have a new President of the United States who gets it."

Like the coronavirus, the dire consequences of climate change – coupled with Trump’s utter malfeasance – offer unambiguous proof that he couldn’t care less about the public good.

The move to grease the wheels for dirty energy infrastructure sets the Trump administration up for more clashes with protesters.

Let’s do what it takes to remind the companies, and the government itself, who’s really in charge of the economy.

Despite local demonstrations against destructive war exercises, the U.S. Navy is set to start the naval training in the Gulf of Alaska—one of the most pristine places left on Earth. Is the Pentagon making war on Alaska?

Pruitt has been criticized by many for his ties with the energy industry, which leaves many environmentalists worried about his neutrality in making decisions for the EPA.

The story fails to disclose several key pieces of information.

These oil companies were not as naive or uncertain as they long pretended to be.