Climate activists converge in Midwest on global day of action
The event, one of hundreds held across the world, was held in Whiting, within sight of a BP oil refinery where workers struck over safety concerns last year.
Admitting defeat, Oklahoma Republicans to request Obamacare Medicaid money
With an economy in crisis, Governor Mary Fallin and Sooner State Republicans are engaged in a dramatic about-face on Obamacare and Medicaid expansion.
Climate Disobedience Center defends oil blockaders -- and so many others
In the face of increasing fossil fuel disasters and legal crackdowns on civil disobedience, the need for this organization and others like it has never been greater.
Inside story on how one little city slew an oil dragon
A dragon by the name of Chevron, breathing a fire fueled by Citizens United and $3.1 million in cash, succumbed to the people of the tiny city of Richmond, California.
Keystone XL heads to Senate for vote
Many activists fighting against Keystone are expecting - or hoping - that if the bill does get its 60 votes, Obama will simply veto it anyway.
Environmental leader David Beach issues urgent call to action
"Overcome the temptation of the present generation to pass the problem onto future generations."
"Kill-A-Gay and Flog-A-Woman" laws protested at Beverly Hills hotel
The law effective May 1, in the Southeast Asian country of Brunei, provides for fines and prison sentences for gay men and lesbians, and women who have abortions.
Today in eco-history: First Earth Day teach-in held
The late environmentalist, Sen. Gaylord Nelson, D-Wis., founded Earth Day as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970.
Cowboys and Indians fighting together this week against the XL Pipeline
The Cowboy and Indian Alliance is marching on the Capitol in Washington for Earth Day today through April 27 to protest the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline.
Today in eco-history: The worst storm of the Dust Bowl
On April 14, 1935, The "Black Sunday Storm," one of the worst dust storms in U.S. history, caused immense economic and agricultural damage
