The Activist Who Keeps Exposing Environmental Racism in the U.S.
Dr. Beverly Wright, co-founder of the National Black Environmental Justice Network, has spent decades empowering communities that are vulnerable to toxic chemicals.
Climate Change
How 6 Supreme Court Justices Undid Decades of Progress in Just 6 Weeks
And this is only the beginning.
Supreme Court Kneecaps Federal Government’s Ability to Fight Climate Change
The ruling, in a case many legal experts believed the Supreme Court never should have taken, will hamper the U.S.’s ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Iconic Mount Everest Base Camp Is Moving Due to Climate Change
The mountain's Nepalese camp will relocate after climate change and erosion, including streams of human pee, have made its current location unsafe.
Policy
Climate Change Is Violent. Should the Fight Against It Be Too?
Peaceful protest isn't curbing the rapidly worsening crisis. Some activists say it’s time to attack the actual tools used to destroy the planet.
How to Figure Out Which Candidates Actually Care About the Environment
Here's a set of tools to help you understand the issues and vote in support of climate reform.
Coronavirus Could Be a 'Trigger Event' That Reshapes Society for the Better
The Sanders campaign could use this opportunity to transform into a pandemic-fighting, world-changing social movement.
Earth
An Unprecedented Number of Minerals Found on Earth Sheds Light on Alien Life
Scientists identified more than 10,500 kinds of minerals, nearly double the previous tally, in twin studies that have implications in the search for extraterrestrial life.
‘Super-Earths’ Could Host Alien Life for 84 Billion Years, Study Finds
Life on a rogue Super-Earth would be difficult, but organisms have been shown to thrive even in very extreme conditions on regular Earth.
Scientists Discover Vast, Mysterious 'Waves' Deep Inside the Earth
The Earth's core and the life-preserving magnetic field it generates are mysterious, and it just got weirder with a fascinating new discovery.
Cities
The ‘Giant Data Ingestion Machine’ That Can Help Cities Meet Climate Goals
Cities around the world have set ambitious targets to reduce emissions. But the first step for most of them is to actually figure out how much they’re emitting in the first place.
NYC Looking to Join Growing List of Cities Regulating 15-Minute Delivery
A council member from Lower Manhattan says they “take up valuable storefront space while offering no sense of community to the neighborhood.”
Dutch Cities Ban 15-Minute Delivery Services
Amsterdam and Rotterdam have banned the “dark stores” while four other cities look to institute similar measures.