As California Burns, Trump Administration Battles Climate Lawsuit
Their October trial date delayed, a group of 21 youth fight to show that the government knew climate change was coming — yet took actions that made it worse.
California Is Burning — Here’s Why
30 percent of California is forested. There are over 129 million dead trees, residential buildings increasingly closer to wildland, and conflicts about who’s responsible for managing it all. What could go wrong?
Who Pays the Price of Oklahoma’s Man-Made Earthquakes?
Since fracking began, Oklahomans have been subjected to man-made earthquakes. Now the state has one question: Who will pay for the damage caused by these not-so-natural disasters?
Monsanto’s Roundup Harms Bees, Report Confirms
Roundup has recently been proven to annihilate bees — pollinators essential to food production. Add it to the list of practices that have been killing them for 70 years.
Washington State Judge Rules Against Kids in Climate Change Lawsuit
A Washington State judge dismisses climate change lawsuit in a blow to a group of youth activists. While a setback, the activists vow to continue the fight.
Dick Russell Talks Contamination Crisis: Is Watts the New Flint?
Author Dick Russell talks with RT’s Watching the Hawks about his WhoWhatWhy story on Watts — a neighborhood of Los Angeles that may become the new Flint, Michigan.
Watts: Another Flint?
The billion-dollar redevelopment of a housing project in the South Los Angeles community of Watts raises disturbing questions about lead contamination in the soil, air, and water — and how Latino and African American children are already suffering the impacts.
Will Pruitt Math Harm Your Air and Water?
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt wants to change the way the agency measures the costs and benefits of rules. It may sound wonky, but critics call it “sophisticated sabotage” — aimed at gutting rules protecting public health and the environment.
No Sh-t: Grassroots Activists Take on Big Ag — And Win
Can the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act level the playing field between factory farms and community activists? One community showed how it can be done.
Nearsighted Legislation Prohibits Grid Upgrade in Puerto Rico
An emergency relief act demands that all infrastructure be replaced as it was before a natural disaster. But what if the original infrastructure was disastrous beforehand? Build it bad again, it seems.
Will Canadian Court Hand Powerful Tool to the Oppressed?
Can victims of corporate wrongdoing pursue justice in other countries? A Canadian court is dealing with that question this week and its ruling could have sweeping consequences across the globe.
Trump White House Silences and Suppresses
An annual celebration of open government felt more like a funeral last week as transparency advocates, journalists, and former federal officials bemoaned the Trump administration’s unprecedented push for secrecy.
Youths Suing US Gov’t on Climate Change to Get Day in Court
A group of children and teenagers has been trying to force the US government to take action on climate change for years. Now it looks as though they will finally see their day in court.
CEO Behind Murder of Environmental Activist Arrested
The murder of Honduran environmental activist Berta Cáceres shows that corruption reaches right to the top in the hydropower industry.
Trump Creates a New Barrier to Solar Power
The administration’s 30 percent tariff on solar panels deals a double blow to the environment and the economy.
How ‘Dirty’ Budget Bills Hurt Women, the Environment, and Your Health
As Congress struggles to agree on a long-overdue budget and spending bills, the devil is in the details as Republicans are trying to sneak through provisions that would harm the environment, public health and democracy.
2017 Was a Brutal Year for the Environment
The battle of humankind vs. nature might have been a draw this year — with several huge blows to the environment as the planet metaphorically struck back with devastating natural disasters. It is a fight with no winners.
Plastic Ocean: From Thriving Ecosystem to Trash Dumpster
Newborn babies have never touched plastic, but studies of umbilical cords show its chemical residue can be found in them. Like a dangerously virulent virus, plastics have made their way into almost everything — into the oceans, into the fish, into us.
A Sad Countdown: Scientists Watch a Species Go Extinct
Conservationists thought they were close to saving a species on the brink of extinction — until their plan took a devastating turn.
The Man Who Called Donald Trump a “Moron”
Rex Tillerson has reportedly called Donald Trump a “moron.” But what epithet might apply to Rex Tillerson? For many years, Tillerson headed ExxonMobil, a company that obfuscated what it knew about climate change — to the detriment of the planet.