Diving for Disaster: When the Coral is Gone
As this powerful, colorful documentary makes clear, coral is not just an exoticism: it is part of the cycle of life on earth. When it’s gone, so, eventually, will we be. And it’s going fast.
Don’t Avert Your Eyes from “Inconvenient” Climate Disaster
If you really want your grandchildren to have a future, watch this film.
Can the EPA Survive Trump & Congress?
With draconian budget cuts, behavior causing committed staff to leave, and the passage of laws that would make it impossible for an agency to function under any administration, are Trump and Congress trying to destroy the Environmental Protection Agency?
China Invests Big Bucks in Green Energy While US Goes Dirty
Both China and the US are about to change course on how they produce energy. While the incoming Trump administration wants to refocus on fossil fuels, China is investing hundreds of billions of dollars into clean energy, which could give it a major competitive advantage down the road.
Youth Activists Want Tillerson Deposed on Suppression of Climate Change Facts
Activists suing to force the federal government to fight climate change want ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson (now Donald Trump’s choice for Secretary of State) to reveal when the fossil fuel industry knew of its effect on global warming — and what it did to hide it.
Ice T Trump: Hidden Motivator is Oil at Top of World
Trump has chosen Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil, to be the next Secretary of State. Exxon, a quasi-state with its own foreign policy, has oil ambitions in the Arctic worth half a trillion dollars — ambitions a SofS can assist. Tillerson is one of several one-percenters who will shape policy in an administration made possible by working people struggling with severe economic hardship. Can they see the problem here?
Lawsuit Treats Greenpeace and its Allies Like Mobsters
Using a dubious strategy, a major law firm is trying to hamstring Greenpeace and other environmental groups on behalf of a paper manufacturer. If the ploy succeeds, it would have a chilling effect on free speech.
The Work Is Not Done at Standing Rock
The protesters at Standing Rock have won a hard-fought victory. Many of them, however, don’t believe that this is the end already and are preparing for more problems. WhoWhatWhy is reporting from the ground.
Grave Matters in Pipeline Controversy
An activist provides a first-hand account and the perspective missing from most news accounts of the Native American protests over a controversial pipeline.
As Sea Levels Rise, So Do Taxpayer Bills
In an effort to combat the effects of rising sea levels, the city of Norfolk is spending $1 billion on essential infrastructure improvements. Is the Virginia community a microcosm of things to come?
Unsafe at Any Level? Dangerous Chemicals Everywhere, Part 2
Part 1 of this series revealed the technical difficulties in assessing the potential harm from chemical additives like BPA. Part 2 focuses on the contamination of scientific review by money and politics, and why chemical regulatory systems are not only broken — they are unfixable.
Unsafe at any Level? Dangerous Chemicals Everywhere
Dangers hide in plastic bottles, the lining of food cans, in bottle tops, and in water supply lines. One of those dangers comes from a chemical known as BPA (bisphenol-A) — and it can seep into whatever it contains.
Students Put Their Bodies on the Line for Fossil Fuel Divestment
Students across the country are pressuring their universities to stop investing in fossil fuels. Here’s a scorecard of their successes so far.
Greenpeace: “Overfishing Denier” Failed to Disclose Industry Millions
Greenpeace accuses a well-known scientist, who claims that overfishing is no longer a problem, of failing to disclose that his research is partially funded by the fishing industry.
Kids Sue WA State Over Climate Change, Win Right to Help Set the Rules
Ruling in favor of a group of teen plaintiffs, a Washington State court has ruled that the state must produce an emissions reduction rule this year.
Can the Koch Brothers Block the Sun? An Experiment in Iowa
A school district in Iowa saved tens of thousands of dollars through solar energy. Legislation spearheaded by the fossil fuel lobby could change that.
DOD: Climate Change is an Urgent Threat. GOP Denies
Republicans portray themselves as the strongest supporters of the military. But when the Pentagon warns that global warming threatens US national security, they are nowhere to be found.
Environmental Activist Assassinated After Opposing Hydroelectric Dam
Berta Cáceres, who defended the rights of indigenous people against big-money interests, was gunned down in her native Honduras.
Landfill Fire Creeps Toward Buried Tons of Atomic Waste
The fire, burning underneath a dump, is causing health problems while politicians and the landfill owners fight over what, if anything, to do about it.
Welcome to the End of the World — Everybody Dance
Documentarian Josh Fox made his name showing us the real face of fracking. Now, he makes it possible for us to really, truly, see Climate Change in perspective — to take a moment to love the world, and to consider doing something.