By Washington Department of Natural Resources In January 2025, wildfires driven by hurricane-force winds ripped through Los Angeles County. Over a frightening 48 hours, embers soared for miles, destroying thousands of homes and killing 29…
By Ulrike Decoene and Beatrice Weder di Mauro Los Angeles is burning, Valencia is flooded, Mayotte has been devastated. The shock of seeing people lose everything highlights a stark, ever more frequent reality: climate risks…
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…
By Ralph Nader Madmen Trump and Musk are moving with warp speed to illegally and dictatorially wreck America and enrich themselves in the process. Forget the use of the terms “autocracy” and “constitutional crisis.” This…
By Sonali Kolhatkar Since Donald Trump’s second term began on Jan. 20, 2025, his administration has aggressively launched a deluge of multipronged attacks on immigrants, transgender people, racial equity initiatives, federal workers, climate regulations, and…