Taxpayers charged $7 billion a year to subsidize fossil fuels on public lands
"This report makes it clear as day that the Trump agenda is the fossil fuel billionaire agenda."
Public pension funds have lost billions on their fossil fuel investments: New analysis
“[Fossil fuel] divestments are able to create a win-win situation with higher financial returns and lower carbon footprints.”
Community-based farms rise to the occasion as big food supply chains stall
Organic CSA farms like Massaro in Connecticut have been able to nimbly reorient marketing and production to serve the urgent needs of their communities.
Standing Firm at Standing Rock: Why the Struggle is Bigger Than One Pipeline
For indigenous people, the fight to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline is about reviving a way of life.
New study finds underestimation of microplastics in ocean—concentration far greater
A new study estimated the concentration of microplastics in the ocean to be far greater than previously determined.
After a decade of fracking, billions of dollars lost and a climate in crisis
As the 2020s begin, climate scientists and world experts are warning that—if there ever had been—now, there's no time to spare.
Arctic word games or Indigenous survival?
Indigenous leaders call climate change an urgent threat that requires a global response (an idea that was trashed by the Trump administration).
Finland becomes world’s first country to make legally binding carbon negativity pledge
“There is an important gap between current measures and those required to reach the targets, and now there is a legal obligation to act.”
Goldman Sachs becomes largest US bank to commit to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by...
The bank now joins Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and Citi in aligning its financing activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Senate Democrats demand answers after EPA moves to drop monetized health benefits from air...
Lawmakers say Trump administration policy could allow agency to sideline public health gains when weighing industry costs under the Clean Air Act.