Sunday, April 28, 2024

The species that defined our year

Here you’ll find 12 of the species that struck us as we looked back at the year that was.

Actor Mark Ruffalo Joins Activists In ND To Protest Dakota Access Pipeline

Ruffalo opposes the DAPL and says Leonardo DiCaprio is likely to soon join him in North Dakota.

Endangered wildlife are getting dosed with rat poisons

Products marketed to kill rodents are instead threatening the lives of the wildlife that eat them as poisons travel up the food chain.

1,000+ rhinos poached in South Africa for fourth straight year

Together, we need to commit to long-term demand reduction efforts to protect rhinos.

Pruitt names lawyer who defended Koch Industries as a top EPA law enforcer

Traylor represents yet another conflict of interest.

Top Six Green Energy Good News Stories From the Paris COP21

There is some good news on the emissions front, and new renewable energy installations are key to it.

US Interior Secretary provokes Trump administration’s climate related orders

“I believe we have a unique opportunity to make our communities more resilient to climate change and to help lead the transition to a clean energy economy.”

A burning chemical plant may be just the tip of Hurricane Laura’s damage in...

While the full health impacts of the fire weren’t immediately known, a storm-driven chlorine gas release in a vulnerable community is the type of worst-case scenario that scientists and engineers like myself have warned the petrochemical industry about for decades.

Clinton’s Transition Team: A Corporate Presidency Foretold

Clinton’s smooth rhetoric should not change the fact that -- on a vast array of issues -- basic principles will require progressives to fight against her actual policy goals, every step of the way.

Florida beaches closed due to fecal bacteria in water

Exposure to enterococci could specifically lead to urinary tract infections, diverticulitis, or meningitis.