How Big Oil ate California’s future
The Earth is where all people live. If we are going to survive and thrive, the California economy must opt out of using all that oil.
Powerful quake hits Chile, tsunami floods coast
"Once again, we must confront a powerful blow from nature."
They put what in my food? TPP and food safety threats
The TPP would cost jobs, raise the cost of medical care, and degrade labor conditions and the environment.
John McCain's "midnight riders" put borderlands at risk
"If we expose McCain's underhanded tactics, S750 will likely die just like a vampire in the sun."
California landscape scorched as wildfires blaze on
With 700,000 acres burned so far this year, there's no end in sight for the inferno; or firefighters and victims, the numbers represent an uphill battle.
On Katrina and lessons from Cuba
Ten years after Katrina the racial disparities in New Orleans, in the richest country in the world, have actually widened.
Along Oregon’s Rogue River, opposition to gas pipeline grows
There is a certain quality to the air in the Cascades in Oregon that defies attempts to put it into words.
Obama's Alaska visit highlights climate already changed
Each particular battle is but one part of the longer struggle to transform our energy economy, our economy as a whole, how things are produced, packaged, and distributed.
Californians battle for far-reaching climate legislation
The California state Assembly will decide on an array of pace-setting legislative bills to combat climate change.
Today in history: Hurricane Katrina’s pain index 10 years later
When Katrina hit, the nation saw tens of thousands left behind in New Orleans. Ten years later, it looks like the same people have been left behind again.
