Organizing across state lines to stop a pipeline
Activists in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Nebraska are proving that building collective community power can successfully counter Big Oil’s monied interests.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, September 3
Labor Day: When workers are recognized as human, $30 trillion to the richest white Americans, Los Angeles educators vote to strike, and more.
Is climate change behind the rise of the newest superbug?
As global temperatures rise, dangerous fungi may be adapting to warmer temperatures, allowing them to thrive in mammalian species.
Plastics industry loses legal bid against Chile’s landmark bag ban
Chile's Constitutional Court ratified a bill that bans plastic bags across the country after rejecting an appeal from the plastics industry.
A realistic ‘energy transition’ is to get better at using less of it
Being an early adopter of solar technology has given me personal insight into some of the practical limitations and difficulties of the energy transition.
‘This country is a tinderbox’: Australia braces for more devastation as gov’t denies climate...
As thousands of evacuees fled to the beaches, conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison is facing growing outrage for his inaction on climate and close ties with the coal industry.
US Bank declares end to oil and gas pipeline loans – then quietly joins...
Environmentalists hoped that this was a chance for U.S. Bank to end its dealings with Energy Transfer Partners. It looks like this isn’t the case.
You don’t want to imagine an ocean without coral reefs—but you might have to
Scientists call the coral reefs the “rainforests of the sea,” because coral reefs—like rainforests—are highly diverse ecosystems; their destruction would lead to the extinction of a large number of species.
Undocumented plant extinctions are a big problem — here’s why they go unnoticed
A recent survey on the world’s plants found a shocking number have gone extinct — 571 since 1750. And this is likely to be...
‘Corruption’ and ‘disgrace’: White House confirms that G7 summit will exclude any mention of...
"Not only is Trump using the powers of the presidency to enrich himself, which is blatantly unconstitutional. He is ignoring a massive international crisis that threatens humanity. What a disgrace."