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In Florida, a River Gets Rights

By Rebecca Renner | Feb 9 2021
How Orange County became the most populous area in the US to recognize rights for nature
water
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Forests to Burn

By Christopher Ketcham | Dec 28 2020
The biomass-energy industry is a climate and environmental justice disaster
forests
A large section of clearcut forest in a swampy area of southeastern USA.
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Grizzlies Become a Sacrificial Lamb to Protect Cattle Interests

By Aaron Teasdale | Oct 30 2020
Federal agencies are killing grizzly bears to make the woods safe for cows
wildlife, endangered species
A grizzly bear looks up from a half-eaten bison with several ravens surrounding him and rocky hills in the background.
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“I Can’t Breathe”

By Kendra Pierre-Louis | Jul 15 2020
What air pollution and police violence have in common
coronavirus, air
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Under Cover of COVID

By Paul Rauber | May 19 2020
Trump is using the pandemic to bail out his fossil fuel friends
politics, coronavirus
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America's Overwhelming PFAS Problem

By Austyn Gaffney | Feb 28 2020
The synthetic chemicals are everywhere and everlasting
toxics
Several rusty remnants of metal barrels lie in a wooded area in Michigan.
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The Global Gag Rule Puts a Choke Hold on Contraception

By Karen J. Coates | Oct 30 2019
The Trump administration leaves vulnerable women with few choices
gender, population
A woman in Uganda wearing a printed dress is handing a nurse a paper.
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The Destruction Caused by the Border Wall Is Worse Than You Think

By Adam Federman | Oct 21 2019
Border Patrol agents tear though the Arizona desert
borderlands
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Brazil's New President Is Bulldozing the Amazon Rainforest and Indigenous Rights

By Michael Fox | Aug 22 2019
Deforestation in the Amazon is skyrocketing under Jair Bolsonaro
forests, climate change
Indigenous people in Brazil protest.
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Boom Goes the Plastics Industry

By Antonia Juhasz | Jun 30 2019
With demand for oil expected to slow, oil companies seek a lifeline in plastics
plastic
A large plume of black smoke rises into the sky from a fire at a petrochemical plant near Houston.
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Climate Change Costs Are Starting to Bite Business

By Paul Rauber | Apr 29 2019
Corporate America wants a stable business climate, and climate chaos is anything but
climate change
A Waffle House in Callaway, Florida, with a pole smashed through the roof after Hurricane Michael in 2018.
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Oil and Gas Drilling Threaten Indigenous Cultural Sites

By Zak Podmore | Feb 28 2019
Trump's "energy dominance" agenda puts Utah antiquities at risk
public lands
A detail of Procession Panel, a 15-foot-long petroglyph near Bluff, Utah, thought to represent a ceremonial gathering or migration story.

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