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The busy enviro's cheat sheet to what's happening on our planet

By Paul Rauber July 28, 2016

In this story: climate change, politics, endangered species

Coral bleaching, caused by unnaturally warm water temperatures, is killing reefs in the equatorial Pacific, including as much as half of the Great Barrier Reef.

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By Paul Rauber June 6, 2016

In this story: climate change, politics, drilling, wolves, endangered species

SeaWorld declares that it will end the captive breeding of orcas

Not Everyone out to Steal Public Land Wears Camo

Inside the nationwide movement to privatize federal land holdings

By Dashka Slater June 6, 2016

In this story: legislation, saving wild places, politics

Members of the Pacific Patriots Network walk to a meeting with the occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.

I have a green job and I vote

By Paul Rauber April 8, 2016

In this story: activism, politics, democracy

#ExxonKnew: The oil-and-gas giant faces new scrutiny over climate change denial

State attorneys general are investigating whether ExxonMobil hid its own internal climate change science from its investors.

By Jason Mark April 6, 2016

In this story: oil, dirty energy, activism, politics, climate change

ExxonMobil's reputation is melting under the glare of revelations about a climate science coverup.

Inside the Koch Brothers' Empire

"Dark Money" delves into the shadows where America's billionaire brothers scheme to remake our democracy in their own image

By Tim McDonnell April 6, 2016

In this story: books, politics, lifestyle

Why Was the Executive Director of the CA Coastal Commission Unjustly Fired?

By Jacques Leslie March 18, 2016

In this story: oceans, politics

The Shifting Politics of Offshore Drilling

By David Helvarg March 8, 2016

In this story: drilling, oil, methane gas, oceans, politics

Sacred Be Dammed

By Emily Mount February 18, 2016

In this story: water, activism, politics

Which Presidents Have Eco-Cred?

By Noah Schlager February 11, 2016

In this story: politics, public lands, wilderness, democracy

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