Paris climate agreement becomes official international law
The Paris agreement seeks to create a more transparent system that will allow the public to monitor how well goals are met by each country as climate change progress is made.
The Carillion Catastrophe and the limits of privatized government
Carillion's sudden failure shows just how big a problem the outsourcing of government services in western economies has become over the past few decades.
Biden signs executive order to protect 30 percent of country’s lands and ocean waters...
The 30x30 goal is said to be part of Biden's larger plan to preserve wildlife and combat global warming.
Ubiquitous threat: Microplastics discovered in every human placenta sample
This revelation underscores a growing environmental crisis, highlighting the pervasive infiltration of microplastics into the most intimate aspects of human life.
Biden’s balancing act: Navigating offshore oil leasing amid climate concerns
The impact of Biden's offshore oil policy on climate goals and energy dynamics.
Income Inequality Is a Health Hazard—Even for the Rich
A public health researcher explains why life expectancy in the United States is falling, and it has to do with income inequality rising.
Big oil shill tells Fox viewers there is ‘no health risk’ from inhaling toxic...
"He has been trying to recast air pollution—particularly PM2.5—as innocuous for decades, since he was working for Big Tobacco."
Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions and the unleashing of police power
“This is what Attorney General Sessions will unleash ... if we are not vigilant and resistant.”
World’s glaciers at serious risk from climate crisis
“Significant loss of glaciers means that we are not only witnessing a change in landscape or a loss of natural resources, it means that we are actively complicit in robbing the future from our children.”
The Ides of March Primaries
An unbiased appraisal of Sanders' returns at the half-way point.