Tag: environment
Trump administration plans to open more of California public land to...
“Expanding extraction of dirty fossil fuels on our public lands threatens the health of our communities and the future of our climate."
This is what 2030 could look like if we win the...
If we consider what the future could be, picking up the mantle against climate change may not seem so bad after all.
How things got so fracking bad in Ohio
Ohio’s natural gas production has swelled more than 2,200 percent in just seven years. But some residents are reporting polluted air and water as a result.
Extinction Rebellion’s car-free streets showcase the possibility of a beautiful, safe...
Standing in the middle of a usually busy central London street during Extinction Rebellion’s protests, the air noticeably cleaner, the area quieter,...
We’re just starting to learn how fracking harms wildlife
In January 2015 North Dakota experienced one of the worst environmental disasters in its history: A pipeline burst, spilling nearly 3 million gallons...
Caltech receives $750 million from bottled water industry billionaires
Billionaires Stewart and Lynda Resnick, who own The Wonderful Company which produces Pom Wonderful and Fiji Water, just announced they will be...
On the precipice
Worlds end. Every day. We all die sooner or later. When you get to my age, it’s a subject that can’t help but...
Meet Alexander von Humboldt, the first person to understand climate change...
As the world burns — and as kids sound the alarm — the original environmental scientist is worth revisiting.
First major U.S. insurance company to stop insuring and investing in...
It seems like every day there is a new story of a pipeline spilling crude oil or an oil refinery exploding. How...
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...
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Nearly half of US hospitals no longer deliver babies, new report finds
Rural hospitals keep losing the fight over leaner Medicaid budgets, and a separate analysis finds reaching the nearest labor and delivery unit already takes an hour or more in fourteen states.
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On leadership, character, climate, prices, trade, alliances, militarism, health, civil/voting rights, even law and order.
Pentagon Iran War Report admits to Worst Drubbing since Vietnam
The Pentagon puts the war's cost at 33.4 billion dollars, independent estimates put it at more than three times that, with strikes across roughly twenty Middle East bases.
Judge orders Labor Department to rewrite farmworker wage rule after finding it unlawful
The ruling forces new minimum pay rates for the guestworker visa program that brings in most of the country's legal farm labor, with back pay possible for hundreds of thousands of workers.
Kennedy Center board warns of bankruptcy unless Trump’s name returns to building
A 57-page draft resolution ties the center's fundraising future to ten proposed inscriptions honoring the president, as a federal judge who already ruled the board overstepped weighs a related case.