Environment

Major discussions on income distribution vs. redistribution; Maryland cutting taxes on rich and leaving tipped workers' minimum wages at $3.63 an hour; and a final segment on criticisms of …

An indigenous activist in Honduras is attacked for campaigning against the Agua Zarca Hydroelectric Dam.

Food and feed quality are crucial to human and animal health. Surprisingly, almost no data exist in the scientific literature on herbicide residues in GMO plants, even after nearly …

There have been five great extinctions of species on Earth, all of them due to natural causes. In a gripping book, Elizabeth Kolbert explores the ongoing sixth extinction of …

A meaningful “Asia Pivot” would meaningfully address the greatest security threat to that region and the whole planet: climate change.

Last week Guy McPherson had some terrifying things to say about the future of the planet on Thom Hartmann's radio program. He said we are experiencing such a rapidly …

All around the world, people are talking about a basic minimum income, and what they're saying makes a lot of economic sense. To ensure everyone has a sense of …

SOIL is proud to announce that SOIL’s Co-Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Sasha Kramer, was selected as a 2014 Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year. Every year the …

The US Department of Energy took the long-expected step of granting a conditional export license to the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas project in Oregon.

Echoing the infamous Stolen Generation of the last century, Australia is once again “removing” Aboriginal children from their families.