Environment

North Dakota Private Investigation and Security Board announced that it has opened up an investigation into the private security firms deployed to patrol the pipeline protests led by the Standing Rock Sioux.

Rights for many intelligent animals could hinge on a one-word edit in a law dictionary.

The U.S. could meet 60 percent of its Paris commitment through efforts of cities, states and businesses.  

While corporate crimes produce horrible injuries, illnesses and deaths, they are almost always settled by fines and payoffs. Why is it that criminal corporate executives are always given a “Get Out of Jail Free” card?

Prime Minister Trudeau continues to cling to an ideological and dangerous assertion that his government has no responsibility to restrict fossil fuel supply in the middle of a global climate crisis.

The Trump administration has shown a penchant for supplicating itself to trophy hunters and trappers.

“This study provides evidence that we are indeed ingesting microplastics.”

“There’s someone on the very top who understands the tribal perspective and is going to bring it to the table in a way that we haven’t seen before.”

Texas. Florida. Puerto Rico. California. The growing climate disaster toll ought to raise questions about where humans can and should live.

As Pope Francis takes on global warming in 2015, dirty-energy supporters are cowering as their flimsy ideological castles are being threatened. Yet it's about time humans admit that climate change is not only a matter of science, but also of moral duty.