This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. December 12 marked the two-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement, the historic global accord to combat climate change. Signed by every country on the planet, the goal of the agreement…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The World Bank will no longer finance upstream oil and gas after 2019, it announced recently, winning praise from civil society for its “true climate leadership.” The announcement was met with whoops and sustained…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Leafleting is a common intervention in farmed animal advocacy that is carried out by many organizations. In 2015, Vegan Outreach alone reported distributing close to 3 million leaflets, most of which were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new national survey of nature-based early childhood educators found that the number of nature preschools and forest kindergartens operating in the U.S. is at an all-time high. The study,…
When tobacco companies faced public scrutiny about the link between cancer and smoking, the industry launched a campaign questioning the scientific evidence. Oil companies and the National Football League have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The future of carbon capture and storage in the U.S. – as well as the fate of the U.S. coal industry – may be a bleak one, due to the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. ExxonMobil wants justices on Massachusetts’ highest court to block an investigation by the state attorney’s office into Exxon’s corporate records. Its reason seems spurious. Corporate lawyers argue a state should…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Renewable energy isn’t the future — it’s right now. Every day, people around the world are making a sincere effort to reduce their dependency on energy sources that are harming…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The holidays are here and with them comes a scene we know all too well. Picture it – you’re filled with spirit as you sift through the back of a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even many Jersey voters might not know that Governor-elect Phil Murphy’s clean-energy platform aims to put the Garden State on a path to 100% clean energy by 2050. New Jersey has the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The president stole your land. That’s the stark, unequivocal, monochrome message writ large on the Patagonia homepage Monday, following Trump’s announcement that the government aims to dramatically cut back two…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a gas essential for life—animals exhale it, plants sequester it. It exists in Earth’s atmosphere in comparably small concentrations but is vital for sustaining life. CO2 is…