By Julia Conley The need for a federal lawsuit filed in early March presents “more evidence of a constitutional crisis,” according to one campaigner, as plaintiffs pushed back against the Trump administration’s unlawful freezing of…
Weaponization of the Legal System By Marina Dunbar The verdict against the environmental group Greenpeace finding it liable for huge damages to a pipeline company over protests has been described by advocacy groups as a…
By Michigan State University Sand extraction is a silent environmental crisis, disrupting marine ecosystems and accelerating coastal erosion. Scientists warn that without stronger governance, this hidden threat will have devastating consequences. Sand is one of…
After decades of denial, new studies show they knew all along By Georgina Gustin The livestock industry’s impact on climate change became widely known with a bombshell United Nations report published in 2006, called Livestock’s…
By Damian Carrington The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesize, according to a new assessment. The analysis estimates that between 4 percent…
with the Natural World By Mary Evelyn Tucker Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass, published in 2013, explored how humans intersect with and depend upon the rest of the living world. A member of the Citizen…