Grave Matters in Pipeline Controversy
Reading Time: 12 minutes 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
Reading Time: 1 minute 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
Reading Time: 6 minutes 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
Reading Time: 8 minutes 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
Reading Time: 4 minutes 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
Reading Time: 4 minutes 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
Reading Time: 3 minutes 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
Reading Time: 3 minutes 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
Reading Time: 4 minutes 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
Reading Time: 2 minutes 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
Reading Time: 6 minutes 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
Reading Time: 4 minutes 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.
Santa Brings the Gift of Hope from Paris Climate Summit
Reading Time: 1 minute A nifty graphic from our resident image master, to wish you a happy holiday
Damn Dams — The Dirty Secret of Hydropower
Reading Time: 1 minute Hydropower — touted as clean and green —
is actually neither. Environmentalists say it devastates lives, destroys rivers, produces methane which contributes to global warming, and fuels corruption. Calling it a “false solution” to combat climate change, they are urging governments to pull funding for massive dam projects, particularly in tropical regions. Here’s why. (VIDEO)
Exxon Feeling the Heat Ahead of Paris Climate Conference
Reading Time: 2 minutes As all eyes turn to the Paris climate talks, ExxonMobil finds itself in hot water. A series of disclosures reveal that the oil giant not only knew about the risk of climate change in the 1970s but slashed funding for further research when it became clear that there was not going to be any regulation on the issue for a long time.
GMO Makers, Their Puppets in Academia, and The New York Times
Reading Time: 7 minutes Are GMO (genetically modified organisms) foods good for you and the environment? Whom should you go to for answers? Scientists necessarily know more about such stuff than the rest of us — but be careful. The ones you are most likely to hear from are actually propagandists paid for by the biotech industry. And from what you can read about it in the mainstream media — especially The New York Times — the industry’s grip on academia and the media is much tighter, wider, and deeper than you would ever guess.
How Solar Energy Saved a School–and Could Save a Lot More
Reading Time: 4 minutes With Iowa’s ahead-of-the-pack presidential caucus upcoming in February, anything that happens in the Hawkeye state is fraught with political significance. Except when it’s not. What occurred in the tiny village of Crawfordsville (pop. 264) may not swing an election, but it just might get solar power skeptics to think again about the sun’s rays as a practical source of energy.
Why is Pope Friends with This Man?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Will the Pope’s courageous stand on the environment extend to challenging those who hypocritically associate themselves with it?
Shocker Court Ruling: Cut Carbon Emissions to Save Humanity From Climate Change
Reading Time: 4 minutes For the first time ever, a court has ordered a government to protect its citizens from climate change. A court in the Netherlands has mandated carbon emissions cuts of 25% by 2020. Could a legal strategy work in the United States also—to finally drive meaningful action?
Last Secret of the Atom Bomb
Reading Time: 8 minutes The search for a dirty-bomb in New York City has uncovered a history of radioactive contamination… and a lingering mystery from the Manhattan Project.