Tag: environment
Fueled by climate change, Hurricane Dorian devastates the Bahamas in “unprecedented...
Hurricane Dorian is continuing to wreak havoc in the Bahamas, where massive storms and flooding have killed five people and left many...
On David Koch’s passing and the Koch network’s ongoing war on...
Billionaire libertarian activist and oil industry tycoon David Koch died on Friday, leaving a toxic legacy that includes helping birth the climate denial movement,...
Bernie Sanders’ Green New Deal plan
Yesterday, Sen. Bernie Sanders announced his version of a Green New Deal proposal which seems to be the most aggressive plan compared...
We ignore thousands of threatened plant species at our own peril
Kokia drynarioides is a small but significant flowering tree endemic to Hawaii’s dry forests. Native Hawaiians used its large, scarlet flowers to...
U.S. government reports: ‘It is raining plastic’
After analyzing rainwater samples collected from the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, the U.S. Interior Department recently released a study concluding that microscopic...
Documents shine new light on Koch brothers’ early efforts to abolish...
A scheme to abolish the Department of Energy (DOE) helped spur a failed 1980 Libertarian Party presidential bid — and in the...
Earth’s hottest month lights a fire for progress
Well folks, we did it. July 2019 was the hottest month in recorded human history, with record-breaking temperatures in many parts of Europe, wildfires...
The green new deal must be global
June 2019 was the hottest June in recorded history. July was even hotter — in fact, it was the hottest month ever recorded...
New York Governor signs off on nation’s largest offshore wind agreement
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed off on the largest offshore wind agreement—so far—off the United States.
People don’t need to ‘believe’ in climate change to act on...
Skiing and glacier-viewing are two of the most popular tourist draws in Washington state's North Cascades communities of Glacier and Concrete, but...
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US-Russia talks: The choice between peace and Escalation
As negotiations progress, U.S. officials must be honest about the U.S. role in provoking this crisis.
A presidential wrecking ball
Trump is spitting on the grave of Martin Luther King Jr.
Fifteen years after Citizens United, the Montana Plan poses the latest challenge to dark...
Voters in Montana will have the opportunity this fall to ban corporate political spending and dark money in federal, state and local...
DC sues Trump administration over attempted takeover of city police
District leaders warn of unprecedented assault on home rule as lawsuit seeks to block federal seizure of MPD.
ICE: The making of an American Gestapo
The depth and breadth of outrage against the brutal treatment of migrant and refugee families by ICE has even extended into the agency itself.