U.S. Withdrawal From Paris Agreement Casts the Stakes of Election in Planetary Terms
Joe Biden has promised to reenter the Paris climate accord on the first day of his presidency.
Climate Crimes
Faced with the irrefutable facts of global warming, sea-level rise, and large-scale climate collapse, governments and corporations remain determined to enrich themselves no matter the cost to continued life on Earth.
As the West Burns, the Trump Administration Races to Demolish Environmental Protections
Polluters and their agents in government want to finalize as many environmental rollbacks as possible before the presidential election.
Ozone Layer Recovery Is Being Undermined by Pollution From U.S. Companies
The EPA has declined to consider the ozone-depleting potential of chemicals released by U.S. companies.
Imperial Oil, Canada's Exxon Subsidiary, Ignored Its Own Climate Change Research for Decades, Archive Shows
Imperial publicly denied the dangers of carbon dioxide emissions even as its research arm concluded the pollutants contributed to climate change.
Rich Nations, After Driving Climate Disaster, Block All Progress at U.N. Talks
“They've effectively been lighting the house on fire as they plan to walk out the door,” said an advocate about Trump’s pledge to leave the Paris Agreement.
Under Left- and Right-Wing Leaders, the Amazon Has Burned. Can Latin America Reject Oil, Ranching, and Mining?
The social gains of the pink tide were real, and striking. But they were ephemeral, and the cost to the environment was high.
Emboldened by Bolsonaro, Land-Hungry Ranchers Are Destroying a Pioneering Project to Help the Poor and Save the Amazon
American Catholic nun Dorothy Stang died defending a sustainable development model for the Amazon. Can her legacy survive in Bolsonaro’s Brazil?
Everything So Far Has Failed: Why Exxon Mobil Is Being Taken to Court Over Climate Change
A New York trial marks the first in a wave of court cases seeking to hold the fossil fuel industry to account for the climate emergency.
How Plastic Pollution Is Making Central American Communities Uninhabitable
Companies are selling more cheap, disposable plastic products to developing countries like Guatemala. That trash is ruining rivers and the sea.
Coca-Cola Named Most Polluting Brand in Global Audit of Plastic Waste
Coca-Cola was responsible for more plastic litter than the next top three polluters combined.