Environment

LA City Council Tells Big Oil To Frack Off

LA City Council Tells Big Oil To Frack Off LA City Council Tells Big Oil To Frack Off

As residents complain of nosebleeds and headaches, the country’s biggest oil-producing city moves to ban hydraulic fracturing.

Mar 27, 2014 / Simon Davis-Cohen

3 Ways Public Transportation Makes Life Better for Pretty Much Everyone

3 Ways Public Transportation Makes Life Better for Pretty Much Everyone 3 Ways Public Transportation Makes Life Better for Pretty Much Everyone

Every $1 billion invested in the U.S. transportation infrastructure supports and creates some 47,500 jobs.

Mar 27, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Student Activists to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick: Say No to New Fossil Fuel Construction

Student Activists to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick: Say No to New Fossil Fuel Construction Student Activists to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick: Say No to New Fossil Fuel Construction

Students plan a city-wide school walkout to urge Governor Patrick to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure construction in Massachusetts.

Mar 25, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

The ‘Single Largest Environmental Health Risk’ Is Causing 1 in 8 Deaths Worldwide

The ‘Single Largest Environmental Health Risk’ Is Causing 1 in 8 Deaths Worldwide The ‘Single Largest Environmental Health Risk’ Is Causing 1 in 8 Deaths Worldwide

New estimates from the World Health Organization confirm that air pollution is the single greatest environmental risk.

Mar 25, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Why We Must Divest From Fossil Fuels: A Student’s Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Faust

Why We Must Divest From Fossil Fuels: A Student’s Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Faust Why We Must Divest From Fossil Fuels: A Student’s Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Faust

Harvard graduate student Benjamin Franta implores President Drew Gilpin Faust to be honest about her opposition to divestment.

Mar 19, 2014 / Wen Stephenson

The Other Keystone

The Other Keystone The Other Keystone

It’s just as important to stop Cove Point.

Mar 19, 2014 / Mark Hertsgaard

Disaster Militarism: Rethinking US Relief in the Asia-Pacific

Disaster Militarism: Rethinking US Relief in the Asia-Pacific Disaster Militarism: Rethinking US Relief in the Asia-Pacific

Disaster relief has increasingly become part of the justification for increased US troop deployments in the Asia-Pacific region.

Mar 14, 2014 / Annie Isabel Fukushima, Ayano Ginoza, Michiko Hase, Gwyn Kirk, Deborah Lee, Taeva Shefler, and Foreign Policy In Focus

Harvard’s President Says Fossil Fuel Companies Are Not Blocking Clean Energy

Harvard’s President Says Fossil Fuel Companies Are Not Blocking Clean Energy Harvard’s President Says Fossil Fuel Companies Are Not Blocking Clean Energy

Students talk divestment with Harvard President Drew Faust.

Mar 13, 2014 / StudentNation / Corinne Grinapol and StudentNation

6 Ways to Avoid Eating Pesticide Residue

6 Ways to Avoid Eating Pesticide Residue 6 Ways to Avoid Eating Pesticide Residue

With regulation inadequate and children especially vulnerable, it makes sense for consumers to try to minimize exposure.

Mar 13, 2014 / Susan Freinkel

Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain

Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain

The pathbreaking CHAMACOS study has detected developmental problems in children born to mothers who toiled in California’s treated fields—but will anything change?

Mar 11, 2014 / Feature / Susan Freinkel

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