It wasn’t all bad: 5 signs of positive change in 2016
The election divided the year into “before” and “after.” But there remain signs of hope for 2017.
My wishes for Obama’s parting shots
In the waning days of his administration, I’d recommend Obama take the following last stands.
The 500 richest people in the world got $237 billion richer in 2016
Everything’s bigger in Richistan.
Trump’s EPA pick rouses suspicions over ties to Koch Brothers
Trump's appointment of Pruitt was met with unprecedented criticism by environmental and health organizations nationwide, being described as a "puppet" of the fossil fuel industry.
Trump’s treasury pick excelled at kicking elderly people out of their homes
When Steven Mnuchin ran OneWest, the bank aggressively and in some cases, wrongly, foreclosed on elderly homeowners with reverse mortgages. The bank had a disproportionate share of such foreclosures.
Congressman arrested for domestic abuse and aiming gun at wife
Corley was charged with first-degree domestic violence and pointing a firearm at another person.
Unhappy holidays: Houston police force homeless people to throw away food
On Thursday, the Houston Police Department targeted a group of homeless advocates who were attempting to hand out hot food and gifts to the homeless.
10 most important environmental stories of 2016
No matter how much ink and airtime they earned, all of these stories revealed some larger trend about the state of the environment and environmental advocacy.
USDA to reimburse farmers in order to expand organic farming
The USDA hopes by making these changes we will see an increase in participation in the National Organic Program.
Standing Rock prepared us for Trump’s billionaires and oil giants
Continuing to shrink our oil consumption is one way to challenge the oil uber alles mentality of the Trump administration.