Saturday, September 12, 2026

Police violence meets spiritual resistance in the struggle over DAPL

An appeals court overruled the shutdown of DAPL, pending a full environmental review. The fight against a pipeline that provoked unprecedented resistance continues.
A male lion in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park. Photo: Laura (cardamom), CC BY 2.0

How Saving Cattle in Zimbabwe is Saving Its Lions

I realised that protecting lions inside the park meant little if we were not also protecting people living alongside them.

We’re just starting to learn how fracking harms wildlife

In January 2015 North Dakota experienced one of the worst environmental disasters in its history: A pipeline burst, spilling nearly 3 million gallons...

Body lotions, cleaning fluids and other commonly used products contain toxic chemicals, study finds

These chemicals enter the surrounding environment as gases and can cause a host of health issues, including cancer.

California’s salmon fishery reopens after three-year shutdown, but the recovery is fragile

Federal managers cleared a limited, tightly controlled 2026 season and Washington sent $21.3 million in disaster aid, yet drought, hatchery dependence and a warming Pacific still threaten a fish central to coastal economies and tribal life.

Bleak financial outlook for US fracking industry

General investors are finally catching up to the bad deal that fracking represents, but the question is: What took them so long?

Conservation groups urge EPA to update list of toxic pollutants

The petition urges the agency to address the various categories of toxic pollutants that have been linked to cancer and many other health and environmental concerns.

Park Ranger Murdered While Protecting Critically Endangered Gorillas

Jacques is the second ranger to be killed in the park in the last six months.

Sunrise Movement launches Green New Deal for Schools campaigns in high schools across US

The campaigns are asking that school districts face the climate crisis, listen to students' needs and deliver on the campaign's promises to address climate change.

Youth climate activists demanding Green New Deal arrested for sit-in at #OilMoneyMitch McConnell’s office

"All we want is for him to put our lives above the interests of his campaign donors."