Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Steps individuals can take to combat climate—change

What once was considered a trend or an ideological point of view is now a global issue. Climate change is real and...

Trump administration proposes oil and gas lease sale in California while wildfires continue to...

“We’ve blocked any new federal leasing in California in court for eight years now, and we’ll fight this too.”

Arturo the World’s Saddest Polar Bear Dies in Captivity

At least 64 captive animals have died at the Mendoza Zoo in the last 7 months, reportedly due to bacteria outbreaks and overcrowding. Arturo died on Sunday due to a “blood circulation imbalance.”

Climate change is too serious for political labels

When we talk about the Green New Deal, let’s forget the labels and talk about how to mount an effort up to the existential challenges of our time.

Microplastics discovered near Mount Everest summit

Understanding how climate change will impact mountain glaciers is the ultimate goal of the Perpetual Planet expeditions, of which the Everest trip was the first.

Chicago becomes largest US city to power all municipal buildings with renewable energy

Chicago powers 411 city buildings with 100 percent renewable energy, setting a major climate milestone.

The White Earth band of Ojibwe legally recognized the rights of wild rice. Here’s...

“Manoomin, or wild rice, within all the Chippewa ceded territories, possesses inherent rights to exist, flourish, regenerate, and evolve, as well as inherent rights to restoration, recovery, and preservation.”

Ford touts ‘green’ image while arguing for weaker efficiency standards and planning to sell...

Is Ford actively lobbying for this “flexibility” to allow for even more crossovers to be categorized as light trucks?

Trump nominates climate change denier to head NASA

Bridenstine would be “devastating for the space program.”

Death on the Dakota Access: Oil & gas boom generates dangerous pipeline jobs amid...

We speak with Antonia Juhasz, a longtime oil and energy journalist, about her new investigation for Pacific Standard magazine on the deaths of two men who worked on the Dakota Access pipeline.