Rising temperatures linked to kidney disease
While global warming impacts our world and our lives in many obvious ways, a new study links rising temperatures with renal diseases,...
Largest dam removal project in U.S. history restarts with interstate partnership
“At its heart, dam removal is about healing and restoration for the river, for the salmon, and for our people.”
Indigenous resistance instrumental in stopping high-profile fossil fuel projects, says report
Indigenous peoples in North America have helped block tar sands mines, oil pipelines, and LNG export terminals. Their successes against the fossil fuel industry have kept enormous volumes of carbon pollution out of the atmosphere.
Algerian forest reinstated as National Park after turbulent history
Djebel Babor forest in Northern Algeria was a National Park for 60 years before being stripped of its status. Now, despite political upheaval, the hard work of conservationists has paid off once again.
Voter suppression is the new climate denial
Will the proposed Freedom to Vote Act, John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act or any other version of voting-rights legislation currently stalled in Congress and the Senate solve these problems?
After the Keystone XL approval, here’s what’s next for the climate movement
The battle is far from over—and has already transformed the way environmental campaigns are waged.
What’s Left of the Left?
If progressives can't gain ground during today's hard times, full of disasters at home and abroad, then when? If progressives don't gain when the right lurches between disgrace and farce, gloating with lies that scandalize reality, then when? Bright spots surface, but what notable change, especially on income distribution, speaks to unified progressive activism?
Is there plastic in your drinking water?
It sounds disgusting, we know.
We Live or Die Alone and Together
“Save some gratitude for those who preserve life or provide you with the goods of life and stop the overweening, abject displays of mewling groveling at the altar of militarism.”
Protecting mangroves can prevent billions of dollars in global flooding damage every year
In many places, preserving and restoring mangrove forests can be an extremely economically effective strategy for protecting coasts from tropical storm damage.