Friday, July 10, 2026

It’s not just Brazil’s Amazon rainforest that’s ablaze – Bolivian fires are threatening people...

Up to 800,000 hectares of the unique Chiquitano forest were burned to the ground in Bolivia between August 18 and August 23. That’s more...

Global food crisis looms as pollinator decline threatens yields of nutrient-rich Crops, Rutgers study...

New research reveals pollinator shortages impacting up to two-Thirds of farms worldwide, jeopardizing global food security.

Big oil clouded the science on extreme weather. Now it faces a reckoning

A collection of evidence reveals the industry’s efforts to deny the link between extreme weather and climate change.

As Dakota Access Protests Escalated, Obama Admin OK’d Same Company for Two Pipelines to...

While all the focus has been on the North Dakota Access Pipeline another federal move on two key pipelines has flown under the radar.

Storms and rising seas threaten coastal ecosystems—here’s what we can do

Governments and nonprofit organizations need to act fast to ramp up existing protection efforts and be effective advocates for these threatened resources.

Should environmentalists embrace universal basic income?

Cash payments from the government could help ease the transition to a climate-safe economy and weather the natural and economic storms to come.

Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 5

Women's March disrupts Kavanaugh hearing, Senator Jon Kyl replaces McCain, Rahm Emanuel not seeking re-election, and more.

Wind power takes billion dollar hit with stoppage of two projects

The impairments of the projects, Ocean Wind 1 and 2 located in New Jersey, will likely be as high as $5.58 billion.

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.

Glyphosate could be factor in bee decline, study warns

"We need better guidelines for glyphosate use, especially regarding bee exposure, because right now the guidelines assume bees are not harmed by the herbicide."