Environment

Is California’s Drought Part of a Global Water Crisis?

Is California’s Drought Part of a Global Water Crisis? Is California’s Drought Part of a Global Water Crisis?

According to NASA scientist Jay Famiglietti, some of the world’s most unstable regions will face their own severe water shortages in the near future.

Apr 16, 2015 / Leighton Akio Woodhouse

2015 Could Be the Start of a Green Energy Revolution

2015 Could Be the Start of a Green Energy Revolution 2015 Could Be the Start of a Green Energy Revolution

There are four big reasons fossil fuel could go the way of the dinosaur sooner than we think.

Apr 16, 2015 / Michael T. Klare

Five Years After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, BP’s Most Vulnerable Victims Are Still Struggling

Five Years After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, BP’s Most Vulnerable Victims Are Still Struggling Five Years After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, BP’s Most Vulnerable Victims Are Still Struggling

BP agreed to a $7.8 billion settlement, but still hasn’t paid out most Gulf Coast businesses.

Apr 15, 2015 / Feature / Katy Reckdahl

3 Reasons to Be Optimistic About the Fight to Save the Climate

3 Reasons to Be Optimistic About the Fight to Save the Climate 3 Reasons to Be Optimistic About the Fight to Save the Climate

Leaders are framing the climate crisis in moral language, renewable energy is soaring—and the coal industry is collapsing.

Apr 6, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard

Fields of Toxic Pesticides Surround the Schools of Ventura County—Are They Poisoning the Students?

Fields of Toxic Pesticides Surround the Schools of Ventura County—Are They Poisoning the Students? Fields of Toxic Pesticides Surround the Schools of Ventura County—Are They Poisoning the Students?

In some of California’s most heavily Latino communities, going to school can be a health hazard.

Apr 6, 2015 / Liza Gross

Into the Woods

Into the Woods Into the Woods

The fight between terrorism and tourism in Algeria’s Atlas Mountains.

Mar 31, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Malika Rahal

The Coal Industry Is Imploding. Why Is it Still So Powerful in Washington?

The Coal Industry Is Imploding. Why Is it Still So Powerful in Washington? The Coal Industry Is Imploding. Why Is it Still So Powerful in Washington?

As its battle against the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan intensifies, Big Coal is getting a lot of help from friends in high places.

Mar 25, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Magna Carta Messed Up the World, Here’s How to Fix It

Magna Carta Messed Up the World, Here’s How to Fix It Magna Carta Messed Up the World, Here’s How to Fix It

The “logic” of capitalist development has left a nightmare of environmental destruction in its wake.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Noam Chomsky

The Most Important Thing We Can Do to Fight Climate Change Is Try

The Most Important Thing We Can Do to Fight Climate Change Is Try The Most Important Thing We Can Do to Fight Climate Change Is Try

The future will follow an unpredictable route, but we must still follow a compass called hope.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Rebecca Solnit

The Gospel According to Wendell Berry

The Gospel According to Wendell Berry The Gospel According to Wendell Berry

To destroy a forest is an act of greater seriousness than we have yet grasped. But to destroy the earth itself is to destroy the possibility of recovery.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Wendell Berry and Wen Stephenson

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