A national object lesson: California’s air and coast, a buyer’s market
Most recently, the South Coast Air Quality Management District upended its mission to clean our air.
Climate change: Learning from the past
We ignore the interwoven connection between population growth and climate change at our own peril.
Lead in Flint water, mold in Detroit schools
The catastrophic levels of pollution and destruction are a direct result of extreme right-wing policies.
LA gas leak among worst ever - could new regulations help?
The leak was halted on February 18, but not before ravaging the atmosphere with roughly 100,000 tons of methane, leaving a carbon footprint larger than the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
A crucial tipping point for the environment
Many climate studies discuss the tipping points for hospitable human life on earth, sometimes referred to as planetary boundaries.
Flint pediatrician says kids can make it with lots of help
Suggestions include early childhood intervention, expansion of WIC, breast feeding education, expansion of mental health services, nutritional services, and mobile food banks.
Trashing the oceans: More plastic than fish by 2050
The increasing flow of plastic is positively choking the waters and their life: 90 percent of sea birds have consumed some form of plastic.
Flint water protest at “state of state” brands Snyder a “criminal”
"With his pen stroke, with the emergency manager law, he poisoned 100,000 people; this is what happens when profits take precedence over people."
Keystone, NAFTA, and the TPP: What you need to know
Obama rejected a permit for Keystone construction, but on Jan. 6, TransCanada sued in federal court in Houston to overturn that ruling.
Too late to apologize for poisoning Flint’s water supply
The full story about the administration's true role in this disaster may have to wait for the outcome of federal-level investigations.
