Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Faced With a Fracking Giant, This Small Town Just Legalized Civil Disobedience

A new first-in-the-nation law will shield residents from arrest as they use direct action to stop fracking-wastewater injection wells.

Black rhinos in Tanzania now monitored via sensors implanted directly in their horns

“Any strange behavior will be detected and the park rangers will step in.”

Fixing climate finance

A rules-based system, with fair and transparent burden sharing, is the way to secure the financing we need for planetary safety and fairness.

Why we need slow solutions to solve our water problems

A new book explains why “Slow Water” projects can help us tackle our climate, water and biodiversity crises.

Don’t let Trump distract you: Public comment on DAPL is now open

Now until Feb. 20 is the public’s chance to push for a full review of the pipeline’s climate impacts. Here’s what to do.

Hurricane Maria’s death toll higher than official recording a new study reveals

The overall death toll is 15 to 20 times greater than the Puerto Rican government's official death record.
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Actor Shailene Woodley On Her Arrest, Strip Search and Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance

"Every time we allow another pipeline … we are endorsing the fossil fuel industry and only prolonging the time it is going to take to switch to renewable energy."

If corporations have rights, so does nature

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

30 Powerful Photos Show Standoff Between Militarized Police and Dakota Access Pipeline Protestors

The Dakota Access Pipeline is a direct threat to the life, rights and water of the Standing Rock Sioux.

‘We will sue,’ vow green groups after Trump guts nation’s key environmental law

“We’re not going to sit back and allow a decision that could harm public health during a public health crisis go unscathed,” said Earthjustice. “We’ll be seeing them in court.”