Hurricanes Milton and Helene were intensified by climate change, researchers find
Hurricanes Helene and Milton are following the trend of these storms becoming supercharged and more likely to form, according to a pair of studies from the World Weather Attribution.
At COP26, Indigenous, black, and brown activists offer radical solutions for climate change
While elites fixate on technological fixes such as “net zero” emissions, communities of color fear it will disproportionately impact them and instead demand a just phasing out of oil and gas—and a seat at the table.
Both conservatives and liberals can agree on action on climate change
We tend to assume that democracies, over the long arc of history, work towards progress and justice. But with an issue like...
California pesticide regulators links herbicide paraquat to risks to wildlife, human health
Paraquat, which has been linked to a range of diseases, is banned in more than 70 countries.
New reusable cup pilot project to reduce waste footprint launches in Petaluma, Calif.
The initiative, whose slogan is "sip, return, repeat," is part of California's fight to phase out single-use plastics.
U.S. landfills are major sources of airborne PFAS pollution, study finds
Recent studies reveal that PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are being released into the environment through landfill gas emissions, posing serious public health risks.
With planet and the future on the line, Sunrise Movement doubles down on 2020...
This moment is a critical opportunity—not only to activate every young voter in swing states but also to catapult emergent Green New Deal champions running for Senate into the spotlight and secure upsets in red states.
‘Anything but secure’: advocates decry USDA rule allowing Big Ag to set its own...
"Consumers have a right to know how gene editing is being used to produce the foods they buy in the market."
In our deeply unequal world, the garbage rises ever higher
On Everest and elsewhere,the rich are creating waste.
Scientists want to build a solar-powered ark on the moon to protect earth species
The plan: A solar-powered ark containing seed, spore, sperm and egg samples from 6.7 million Earth species, to be stored in empty lava tunnels on the moon.