Environment

There is no reason for the fight to control climate change to continue becoming discombobulated over false trade-offs between jobs and the environment.

Micah Uetricht's ‘Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity’ relates the stirring transformation of the Chicago Teachers Union into a democratically organized force for social justice.

Truthout reporter Dahr Jamail describes the stakes involved in anthropogenic climate disruption.

The Washington State Health Department is stepping up efforts to have doctors educate their patients of the importance of folic acid for women prior to and during pregnancy.

Recent studies suggest that coal mining affects the health of everyone who lives nearby, not just those who work in the mines.

The claim of Keystone XL supporters that has drawn the most scrutiny and criticism, and one of the most repeated, is the number of jobs that the KXL project …

Petition asks for total ban after EPA permits unlimited dumping of fracking fluids off California Coast as long as it's reported.

In the Volkswagen Chattanooga campaign, Republican lawmakers crossed the line into threats and intimidation that undermined workers' free choice.

The ocean is coming, boys and girls, and it will sweep us all away with a flick of its finger, unless we figure out a few home truths at …

“What is new this year...is the realization that we have arrived at a climate impasse..” Climate Story Teller's Subhankar Banerjee lays out hard truths about the logjam on international …