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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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