An Escape Hatch for Corporate Cons
While corporate crimes produce horrible injuries, illnesses and deaths, they are almost always settled by fines and payoffs. Why is it that criminal corporate executives are always given a “Get Out of Jail Free” card?
What Portland’s smoky summer can do for air quality equity across the country
Environmental advocates in Houston and Detroit are striking a balance between acting fast and making lasting change.
What would a real renewable energy transition look like?
The seven steps that could help build a social movement and ensure a sustainable future.
Fiddling while California burns
Fanning the flames of climate denial.
TigerSwan, county sheriff sued over road blockade during Dakota Access Pipeline protests
“This road closure was directed only at Water Protectors: residents of Fort Rice were allowed to drive southbound on Highway 1806 as were employees of DAPL.”
Could rights of nature laws help save endangered orcas?
In the face of the climate crisis imperiling endangered species, some activists and governments are turning to a radical, rights-based approach to protect nature.
Expert Warns Catastrophe Looms by Century’s End if Climate Change Isn’t Sharply Curtailed Now
Harold Wanless, a leading climatologist and geologist, predicts that global warming and sea level rising are going to be much more severe than the consensus predictions. Will we all struggle to breathe soon?
Exxon now wants to write the rules for regulating methane emissions
The current regulatory system in America does not protect the public interest.
Youth activists call on California state teachers retirement system to end ‘toxic relationship’ with...
"CalSTRS is playing roulette with our pensions and our children's future by holding onto these doomed assets."
Atmospheric CO2 increasing 10x faster than in last 50,000 years, study finds
“We rely on the Southern Ocean to take up part of the carbon dioxide we emit, but rapidly increasing southerly winds weaken its ability to do so."