President announces Clean Power Plan to supportive poll results
The EPA released its final rule on the regulation of power plants in an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions by 33 percent by 2030.
Toxic algae blooming in warm water from California to Alaska
A vast bloom of toxic algae off the West Coast is denser, more widespread and deeper than scientists feared even weeks ago.
The Pope huddles with mayors to tackle climate change
Pope Francis convened a two-day conference with sixty mayors from around the world to discuss what actions can be taken on a city-wide basis to combat climate change.
Decline of Earth's plant life threatens human life
The destruction of the total biomass of the planet is fueled by the immense profits available under capitalism for the private exploitation of natural resources.
Will damaged vessel put the freeze on Shell's Arctic drilling?
This incident offers further vindication for what environmentalists have been saying all along: that accidents are unavoidable in this ecologically sensitive region.
Capitalism the culprit in the Sixth Extinction
If life on earth is to survive then we must reorient the means by which we survive currently toward keeping a balance with nature.
Vigil held for explosion victims as criticism of oil trains broadens
Held by 350.org and the Sierra Club, the event marked the two-year anniversary of the disaster, the Lac-Megantic, Quebec, oil train explosion that killed 47 people.
The Pope tackles climate change in new encyclical
The Pope calls for serious and immediate action to address climate change and other environmental crises.
Today: World Day to Combat Desertification
The day addresses drought and desertification, and is meant to help implement the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
Nuclear fallout, plastics mark human impact on planet, scientists say
We have entered a new geological era, in which human action is changing the physical world around us.
