Environment

Best-selling author Naomi Klein examines how the 2008 economic crisis and bank bailouts continue to shape political momentum to tackle climate change; Obama’s attempt to be a climate leader at the COP 21 meeting in Paris; and the potential for new Canada’s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

“Keeping our communities apart ensures they can keep one of the riskiest pipelines open and pumping profits for themselves while we assume all the risk.”

In a narrow vote, the EU adopts a crucial nature restoration law, sparking controversy and political turmoil.

"The people of Flint deserve justice—and it's unacceptable that the people responsible for Flint's water crisis aren't being held accountable," said Food & Water Watch in response to the development.

Collaborative efforts between forest agencies and Indigenous communities are improving wildfire management by combining oral histories with long-term archaeological datasets, demonstrating the value of integrating an understanding of the past into solutions for a better future.

You don’t have to be a person in poverty to see water as a real problem.

The Exxon Mobil executives who’ve profited from fossil fuels did so while knowing that they were trading a few decades of profits for the entire future of the planet and all of the species on it.

What can what little girl do? She can lead the rest of us to victory.

The Republican effort fell short in stopping Democratic-led states from using their own state courts to sue the fossil fuel industry.

New kinds of flood plans put nature back in charge, help populations adapt to a changing climate, reduce risk — and more.