Global inequality is 25% higher than it would have been in a climate-stable world
As is becoming increasingly clear, there are no quick fixes or easy solutions to climate change or inequality.
Flint: 5 years later, and our water is more threatened than ever
High levels of lead leached from the old pipes, poisoning a generation of Flint's children, and bacteria responsible for an outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease killed more than a dozen residents.
Trump administration to open a million acres of public holdings in California to ‘fracking...
"Trump's plan would unleash a fracking frenzy that puts California's people and wildlife in harm's way."
Global Climate Coalition: Documents reveal how secretive fossil fuel lobby group manipulated UN climate...
The documents show how the GCC influenced international negotiations, manipulated the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) process, and undertook a disinformation campaign designed to cast doubt on mainstream climate science.
4 in 5 parents wish teachers taught climate change – but most teachers aren’t
"In terms of teaching climate change, we could adequately fund education. In terms of society, we have to pass radical legislation to force people to act in the best interests of the planet."
Human-caused mass extinction could wipe out one million species
The 'coming mass extinction' is being exacerbated by over-consumption, pollution, and habit destruction.
Federal court rules EPA must make final decision on potential ban on pesticide linked...
"We'll find out in three months if the Trump EPA remains under the tight control of the chemical agriculture industry, or if Administrator Wheeler will finally take his job seriously and ban this brain-damaging pesticide."
In ruling on coal mining, federal judge issues latest rebuke of Trump’s attack on...
The decision is just the latest defeat of Trump's efforts to roll back his predecessor's attempts to curb emissions from the coal industry and other fossil fuel businesses, ignoring public opinion and scientists who agree that fossil fuel extraction is contributing to the rapid warming of the planet.
New York passes world’s largest carbon reduction effort to combat climate crisis
New York passed the Climate Mobilization Act on Thursday, which is the world's "largest single carbon reduction effort that any city, anywhere, has ever put forward."
Exclusive: Air permit OK’d after new evidence of carcinogens at Enbridge’s planned gas facility...
The project has been fraught with charges of conflicts of interest and behind-the-scenes dealings between state agencies and Enbridge.