In historic move, China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017
More than 20,000 elephants were killed for their ivory last year, leaving only about 415,000 remaining.
As a Trump administration fast approaches, cities and towns gear up for political resistance
In the years to come, community bills of rights are one strategy to shelter vulnerable populations.
20 photos: My seven months of living at Standing Rock
The life that we have built here has taught many how to live a large-scale sustainable, decolonized, anticapitalist lifestyle.
President Obama created two new national monuments and Republicans are furious
Republicans vow to undo President Obama's new designations, but do they have the power to do so?
Trump’s EPA pick rouses suspicions over ties to Koch Brothers
Trump's appointment of Pruitt was met with unprecedented criticism by environmental and health organizations nationwide, being described as a "puppet" of the fossil fuel industry.
10 most important environmental stories of 2016
No matter how much ink and airtime they earned, all of these stories revealed some larger trend about the state of the environment and environmental advocacy.
Standing Rock prepared us for Trump’s billionaires and oil giants
Continuing to shrink our oil consumption is one way to challenge the oil uber alles mentality of the Trump administration.
BP pipeline ruptures into CO river
The county where this spill took place has experienced 19 reported spills in 2016, 12 of those incidents were BP.
2016: The year solar panels became cheaper than fossil fuels
The U.S. added about 125 solar panels every minute in 2016. This is double the pace of 2015.
2016: A year in photos, from climate change devastation to the power of protests
The year ended with the election of a president and vice president who don't embrace the scientific consensus that climate change is real and caused by humans.