July 2023




Trash is flattened and spread out across a hilllside before being covered with dirt at the Prima Deshecha landfill in San Juan Capistrano, California on Thursday, March 10, 2022. (Photo: Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Petition for EPA Action on Landfill Methane

By Julia Conley Joined by two residents of a community where emissions from landfills have forced them to live in the “center of a toxic wasteland,” more than a dozen environmental and community advocacy groups…


Cities Turn to ‘Extreme’ Water Recycling

By Jim Robbins In downtown San Francisco, in a cavernous garage that was once a Honda dealership, a gleaming white-and-blue appliance about the size of a commercial refrigerator is being prepared for transport to a…


Photograph Source: Danny Myers, U.S. Air Force photo – Public Domain

The Climate Crisis and Militarism are Intertwined

By Medea Benjamin The environmental justice movement that is surging globally is intentionally intersectional, showing how global warming is connected to issues such as race, poverty, migration and public health. One area intimately linked to…