California wildfires blaze on, striking hard and early
A heat wave and tinder-dry brush have created a dynamic, dangerous situation with the most menacing brushfires in nearly two decades.
Climate change already impacting U.S., report confirms
In the eastern U.S., the number of extreme weather events, including very heavy rain events, has increased already.
We are dead: Climate change and Guy McPherson
Climate change is the sickness of our civilization, and the prognosis is bleak.
ATU, Sierra Cub to band together in pro-mass transit campaign
Calling themselves "natural partners," the Amalgamated Transit Union and the Sierra Club are banding together in a nationwide campaign.
Do we really know what to do about the environment?
Individuals opting out of hyper-consumption alone will not save us. We face an institutional challenge; changing our economic and military system is essential.
Bolder action needed on climate change, air quality, health
The third National Climate Assessment report confirms both the role of human activities in causing climate change and the broad range of adverse health consequences that climate change brings.
Obama administration unveils plan to cut methane emissions
The new strategy aims to reduce the output of methane, which reportedly has 20 times the effect on global warming that other gases, like carbon dioxide, have.
Today in eco-history: Ruins of Pompeii discovered
"The excavation of Pompeii brought to light not just individual buildings and artifacts, but an urban fabric."
Weathering the floods in England
At long last the army has arrived on the Somerset Levels (a coastal area in South West England) where floodwaters have been disrupting normal life since just after Christmas.
Toward cyborg socialism
The first Earth Day was April 22, 1970. It was also Lenin's hundredth birthday. The coincidence was not intentional.
