Political and business leaders committed to fighting climate change meet at One Planet Summit
"We are not here just to speak but to be accountable. Here we will see what is working and what is not working. What we need is action."
What will climate change do to the US-Mexico border?
The U.S. national security apparatus is aware of the connection between climate change and migration.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 26
Bill Cosby sentenced to prison, UN condemns U.S. for lack of universal health care, Montana judge restores grizzly bears' protection, and more.
Fracking chemicals dumped in the Allegheny River a decade ago are still showing up...
"We don't know how much of an impact this has on human health, or if it has any impact at all, but this means it's entering the food chain."
Naomi Klein: A year after Hurricane Maria, there is nothing natural about Puerto Rico’s...
Last week, President Trump generated widespread criticism when he falsely claimed on Twitter that thousands of people did not die in the two storms, even as a Harvard study estimated the death toll may top 4,600.
Millions of unwitting Americans paying $1 billion more for dirty coal energy each year...
"Customers are being ripped off while cleaner and cheaper sources of energy are being crowded out because utilities are forcing customers to subsidize coal plants."
A Montana judge restores grizzly bears’ protection, overturns Trump administration’s policy
Judge Dana Christensen ruled that the Fish and Wildlife Service failed to consider the effects of the recovery of bears living throughout the country when it chose to remove protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears.
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."
KXL Pipeline developer plans to start construction in 2019
The KXL has been at the center of a contentious fight for a decade.
Human-caused climate change severely exposes the US national parks
Our newly published results reveal that climate change has exposed the national parks to conditions hotter and drier than the country as a whole.