Tag: environment

A whopping 61 percent of Toledo’s voters said “yes” to recognizing legally enforceable rights for the natural world.

“The greatest threat to the Earth is thinking someone else will save it.” The responsibility is ours; politicians and governments are complacent,...

“Since the governor is weighing in on major projects designed to boost the gas industries in the state, it is not at all appropriate for him to invest personally in the same sector that he may develop, with tax dollars."

“Decarbonization is the great task of our generation and Costa Rica must be one of the first countries in the world to accomplish it, if not the first.”

The Waorani people of Ecuador won a historic lawsuit to save their homes – and the planet – from destruction.

"We need to tax pollution, not people, and to end subsidies for fossil fuels."

I used to listen to Freakonomics, an interesting podcast, until it called nuclear energy clean and nonpolluting. I haven’t listened to any...

The Modi government’s far-right bigotry is well-known, but its equally disturbing environmental record isn’t.

"This new paper from Autonomy is a thought experiment that should give policymakers, activists and campaigners more ballast to make the case that a Green New Deal is absolutely necessary."

BP are just motivated by their profits, regardless of the damage they’re doing. And their time has come to an end.