The Obama administration's proposed expansion of oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico would result in hefty climate-related soc...
The relationship between Indigenous organizations and environmental NGOs used to be one of conflict and suspicion. But now these groups are working to...
More than a dozen seafood industry giants, including McDonald's and British grocery retailer Tesco, have joined forces to protect a large swath of the...
The tide is turning on Arctic protection. Actors that you may not have expected to play a role, are now stepping up to protect the Arctic; to embrace ...
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Greenpeace activists shut down the British Museum for four hours Thursday when they scaled the building’s columns to protest an exhibition sponsored...
A prominent fisheries scientist who has challenged the need for marine conservation is under investigation by his university after the environmental g...
Walmart has a tuna problem. Thanks to unscrupulous tuna suppliers and a retail system that does little to hold them to account, getting the popular f...
A sweeping free trade deal being negotiated between the European Union and the United States would lower food safety and environmental standards, Gree...
One might guess that the foulest-smelling flatulence in the animal kingdom would belong to something of substantial size -- an elephant, camel or hipp...
The fossil fuel industry took it on the chin this week, from denial to divestment. Exxon now faces investigations by four US attorneys general in total - a situation that is starting to look a lot like the legal cases that took down Big Tobacco for lying about the link between smoking and cancer.
This year, two energy companies that have each received billions of dollars in subsidies and financial support from the federal government are going into bankruptcy.
Instead of solving a global crisis, those trillion dollars may go down the drain, supporting potentially stranded assets in the dying coal industry.
Burning coal doesn’t just pollute the environment and harm people’s health -- it’s a huge drain on the world’s increasingly strained supply of...
Sitting here, overlooking the canyon behind my house on a Saturday morning, I watch as two hawks fly over head. Then, across the canyon, there is rust...
The U.S. government is running a massive corporate welfare program for coal companies, prioritizing Big Coal's interests over the environment and taxp...
As thousands of people gathered across Europe on Saturday to call for refugee rights, a human chain of hands was formed on a stony Lesbos beach next to a banner demanding 'No more deaths'.
On climate, however, our methods are often outdated and ineffective. Perhaps because we care so passionately, we seem to lack the strategic precision we need to win. We're making mistakes on the very issue that matters most.
I only wear green to the Oscars. I'm not talking about gowns a fashion writer might describe as emerald, chartreuse or seafoam. No, my idea of a green dress is an ensemble that was created in a way that is as good for the planet as it is beautiful on the woman.
Just last week President Obama made headlines by floating a $10 per barrel oil tax. This needs to be the opening salvo in a renewed effort to move the country beyond oil, but the effort also needs to be more ambitious.
Beijing -- Pollution in this city has been the subject of complaint, satire and even international diplomatic disputes. Accusations have been traded, ...
Don’t let the "red alerts," smog-shrouded buildings or blotted-out sun fool you: Beijing and China on the whole appear to be gaining real ground in ...
On New Year's Day, a giant orange peace sign overtook a hillside on the Greek island of Lesbos -- one of the main passageways for Syrian refugees into...
A short distance outside the village of Molyvos on the Greek Island of Lesbos there is a rubbish dump of life jackets, discarded now, but forever witness to the hope and suffering of those who fled war, poverty and oppression this year.
All in all, governments took us a step forward in Paris, especially on making it clear that fossil fuels will be history soon. But even if the Paris Agreement had met all our criteria, it would have only been one stop on the long road to climate justice.
Kevin Kolczynski / Reuters
Kevin Kolczynski / Reuters
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