Thursday, April 16, 2026

Activists are using the climate emergency as a new legal defense to justify law-breaking

So what is reasonable conduct in the face of the mounting climate crisis? The importance of asking this question cannot be overstated.

California legislature climate watchdog committee has little bite

The California Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies met for the first time this session on July 9, just days before the California...

How Big Oil dodges Facebook’s new ad transparency rules

We’ve identified 12 ad campaigns in which energy, insurance and other industries masked their sponsorship of political messages on Facebook.

From across the country, gifts of tiny houses arrive for Standing Rock

How five large trees in remote Oregon ended up as winter housing for water protectors, including their first newborn baby.

Stephen Hawking: We must find another planet to live on

“Six years ago I was warning about pollution and overcrowding, they have gotten worse since then,” Hawking said.

Hundreds of acres of Ohio’s only national forest to be leased for fracking

The decision was made based on environmental assessment and research that is 11 years old.

The beginning is near: The deep north, evictions and pipeline deadlines

None of us know how this moment in history is going to work out.

Don’t hike so close to me: How the presence of humans can disturb wildlife...

As researchers who study conservation, wildlife and human impacts on wild places, we believe it’s important to know that you can have major effects on wildlife just by being nearby.