Tag: environment

"As our nation's largest national forest and the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world, the Tongass National Forest is key to conserving biodiversity and addressing the climate crisis."

Americans discard 100 billion plastic bags annually, the equivalent of 12 million barrels of oil.

The Federal Reserve called the review a “pilot exercise” to make sure the U.S. financial system is ready for the various risks presented by the climate crisis.

Efforts by governments and cities across the nation to defund the public library indicate a misunderstanding of the essential role that libraries play.

The life-threatening impacts of the global climate emergency have only continued to reverberate in 2023.

The report found that Amazon produced 709 million pounds of plastic packaging waste in 2021, up 18 percent from the 599 million pounds Oceana estimated it produced in 2020.

“I could see that people who matter believed in me, and I was getting so many messages from people that I knew and I didn’t know who had felt trapped for so long and couldn’t speak up.”

Factory farms are harmful to animals, the environment, local communities, and public health. We need a more logical and just food system.

The project is just one example of an innovative trend turning symptoms of throwaway culture into sites for generating renewable energy. 

The climate crisis is a form of oppression by a wealthy few.