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Environment
The Ghost of Enron Haunts Joe Manchin’s Coal Fortune
For decades, Joe Manchin has been getting rich off a particularly dirty breed of coal.
Three Years After First Global School Strike, Youth Climate Movement Is Growing
Instead of succumbing to obstacles, young climate activists are adapting and building on their past actions.
Manchin Just Delivered Another Blow on Climate. He’s a Threat to Humanity.
The absence of Manchin's support was a death knell for Sarah Bloom Raskin's nomination. Her crime: caring about climate.
Our Best Weapon Against Soaring Gas Prices Is Dramatic Climate Action
To confront the climate crisis, we have to break capitalism's rules.
Irreversible Impacts on the Climate Are Getting Locked In, IPCC Warns
Roughly half of the world’s population is living in areas of high vulnerability to the climate crisis.
Inside Forest Defenders’ Blockade of Atlanta’s “Cop City” Training Compound
Activists have dug in against the militarized compound to defend Atlanta's most marginalized and largest watershed.
World’s Rivers Awash in Pharmaceuticals, Historic Study Reveals
Researchers warn that “pharmaceutical pollution poses a global threat.”
States Will Consider More Than 210 Bills on Toxic “Forever Chemicals” in 2022
Testing has found PFAS in everything from chocolate cake to yoga pants and drinking water throughout the country.
“Politics as Usual” Will Never Be a Solution to the Current Climate Threat
To address the imminent ecological threat responsibly, we need economic and political policies grounded in humanity.
Montana Plaintiffs Announce First Children’s Climate Trial in History of US
The youth plaintiffs seek to challenge the constitutionality of the state's energy policy.