Biden admin reinstates early $190 million in Gulf drilling leases
The consequences of the sale could be the production of 1.1 billion barrels of oil and the probable release of 723 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
An invisible essential labor force
How the migrant women farmworkers who put food on our tables are organizing for a better life after the pandemic.
Extreme flooding ‘dramatically changes’ Yellowstone National Park
“Exactly the kinds of things that we’re seeing, even with this type of event, is what we’re projecting we will see more of in the coming decades.”
Eight of the 10 nations most at risk from climate and toxic pollution in...
Toxic pollution in the environment, be it dirty air, contaminated water or unhealthy soils, accounted for more than 8 million deaths globally in 2018.
Oil execs brag about having ‘direct access’ to Trump’s pick for Interior Secretary
This culture of access has had real environmental consequences.
Not just Standing Rock: Pipelines threaten native lands across the country
‘We are probably going to have to resist one pipeline at a time for many decades to come, and maybe longer,’ a Cherokee researcher tells MintPress as a Ramapough Lunaape chief says, ‘We need help now.’
Despite what the logging industry says, cutting down trees isn’t stopping catastrophic wildfires
Oregon’s timber industry has promoted the idea that private, logged lands are less prone to wildfires, but science doesn’t support that.
The economics of climate change, part II: Crash or transformation?
The 1%’s power to shape the narrative at a time of crisis is crucial.
U.S. proposes listing giraffes under the Endangered Species Act for the first time
"Ultimately, this attention will hopefully convert into more funding support and interest to save all four species of giraffe in the wild in Africa.”
California leads multi-state lawsuit against Trump admins’ clean car rollback
"We will join our partner states and take the Trump Administration to court to fight another illegal and dangerous rollback.”