Koch academic influence returns to Massachusetts with new Tufts University think tank
A network of free-market think tanks around the country tied to Koch funding that tend to oppose climate action and clean energy.
Ringling Bros. Circus Elephants To Retire By May 2016
The company announced that it will retire its elephants two years earlier than expected, much to the elation of animal rights activists.
Breaking: Landmark youth climate case moves ahead as Supreme Court denies request for stay
The United States Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's request for a stay in Juliana v. United States.
Tell Chevron to stay out of the Arctic Refuge
It's time we hold Chevron accountable and tell the oil giant not to bid for leases on this "sacred, unspoiled land."
Humans have destroyed two-thirds of world’s rainforest
“The good news is that we have an area half the size of Europe that is still completely intact.”
Could Flint Fiasco Poison Austerity As Stupid, Wasteful & Cruel?
In severity of health damage, media staying power, and political indefensibility, the Flint, MI lead poisoning looms as a national turning point. What disgrace better spotlights Republican government poisoning one hundred thousand of its own people -- failed austerity at its worst? Rarely does stupid and wasteful, if not immoral, merge so dramatically.
Shell Oil asked what YOU are willing to do to reduce climate change, enraging...
“I'm willing to hold you accountable for lying about climate change for 30 years when you secretly knew the entire time that fossil fuels emissions would destroy our planet.”
The inception of Synthia
How a biotech God gave birth to synthetic life
New Evidence Suggests Monsanto Larvicide Is To Blame For Birth Defects in Brazil
Zika virus may not be the culprit in huge increase in microcephaly cases but, rather, Monsanto larvicide used in Brazilian water supply.
A More Relevant and Radical Democratic Platform? Sanders Brings Veteran Activists to the Table
From Cornel West to Bill McKibben, Sanders picks some heavy-hitting social movement leaders for the Democratic National Committee.