Trader Joe’s announces plans to phaseout plastic waste after Greenpeace petition circulates
"The only way we are going to tackle this crisis is by pressuring corporations and governments to move away from throwaway plastics for good, and toward systems of reuse."
Meet Alexander von Humboldt, the first person to understand climate change — more than...
As the world burns — and as kids sound the alarm — the original environmental scientist is worth revisiting.
How this federal legislation would save veterans’ lives
Marcelo Assis, president of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 12000 at Southern Connecticut Gas, fervently believes the nation needs to do a better job of reaching out to those who served and connecting them to the assistance they earned.
Now five men own almost as much wealth as half the world’s population
American billionaires all made their money because of the research and innovation and infrastructure that make up the foundation of our modern technologies.
Fracking’s dirty water problem is getting much bigger
Reusing fracking wastewater not only can have high levels of salts and chemical contaminants, but it also can be radioactive.
‘We have so much more to do,’ youth climate activists declare as global elite...
"We are just trying to show them that we are doing the right thing despite the fact that we are not sleeping or staying in the best conditions."
The hidden money funding the midterms
Strategies that let super PACs delay revealing their donors until after the election are gaining popularity among both Democrats and Republicans.
Trump Reigns as Unapologetic, Dark Lord of Misrule
Ultimately, hard times, polarity, and refusal to be a serious candidate informed Trump as Lord of Misrule.
Monsanto Hits All the Wrong Notes
In his new album called "The Monsanto Years," Neil Young takes on the the corporate giant for its relentless attempts to profiteer at human expense. And there is no intimidating, buying out, censoring, or escaping this cultural power.
The food industry puts profits over public health using big tobacco’s playbook
In certain cases, preemption—when a higher level of government limits the authority of a lower level to enact new policies—can devastate public health.