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Brace for Impact, as the Climate “End Game” Has Arrived
The fate of the human species is very much at stake.
New Legislation Gives Access to Medication Abortion at Public Colleges
The Student Right to Access Act fixes a serious gap in on-campus reproductive health care.
Protesters Disrupt Gov. Jerry Brown’s San Francisco Climate Summit
Indigenous and climate justice activists blocked the main entrance in protest.
Bill McKibben to Jerry Brown: We Must Keep the Oil in the Soil
Bill McKibben, the co-founder of 350.org, discusses more.
Amika Mota Fought Fires as a Prisoner for 53 Cents Per Hour
A look at the incarcerated women fighting the California blazes fueled by climate change.
Amazon Delivers Low-Paying Jobs and Dirty Air to California’s Poorest
The massive supply and logistics company faces pushback in the neighborhoods it exploits and pollutes.
Low-Income Californians Feel Twice the Burn From Wildfires
Wildfire smoke has added another layer of pollution to Viviana Aguirre’s East Bakersfield neighborhood.
In a Historic Move, Los Angeles Educators Vote To Strike
The second largest school district in the country voted 98 percent to 2 percent to authorize the strike.
The Problem With Bail Isn’t the Bondsmen, It’s the State
The story of SB 10 is a familiar one of policy reform gone haywire.
Zinke Blames “Radical Environmentalists,” Not Climate Change, as Wildfires Rage
Joel Clement, formerly in the Interior Department, and energy reporter Ben Lefebvre respond.