Ireland passes bill to fully divest from fossil fuel by end of 2018
While Ireland is making history, many emphasized the need for the rest of the world to follow the Irish's lead.
Melting glaciers could lead to more frequent and explosive volcanic eruptions: Study
The process—already seen in Iceland—makes volcanic eruptions more frequent and powerful, according to new research conducted in the Chilean Andes.
Want to create jobs? Reduce fossil fuel use
Energy efficiency creates more jobs than fossil fuels – and at a faster rate and lower cost.
Judge blocks Trump attempt to defund Planned Parenthood clinics serving Medicaid patients
A federal court injunction halts a Trump-backed law that would have cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, threatening care for over a million patients nationwide.
Over 17,500 Palestinian children killed as Israel systematically uses children as human shields
A year of catastrophic violence against Palestinian children amid systematic killings, starvation, and human shield tactics.
Flush the TPP
President Barack Obama and the Republicans are united when it comes to so-called free-trade agreements. While Obama has been negotiating the agreements, which increase corporate power, grass-roots activists are organizing against the TPP.
New study shows staggering consequences of for-profit healthcare system and Americans’ inability to pay...
34 million adults know someone who died after not getting the necessary treatment because of affordability.
What must we do now?
First and most importantly, do not give up. That’s what they want us to do. Then they’d have no opposition at all.
Biden refuses to mention the worsening dangers of nuclear war. Media and Congress enable...
“I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction.”
Agreement made to increase protection of biodiversity at COP15
Are governments "finally starting to forge a peace pact with nature?”