Climate Crimes
GOP Lobbyists Help Brazil Recruit U.S. Companies to Exploit the Amazon
Documents reveal that efforts to clear the Amazon are being pushed by Trump-friendly lobbyists.
Environment
Emails Show Monsanto Orchestrated GOP Effort to Intimidate Cancer Researchers
Documents suggest the firm has antagonized regulators and applied pressure to shape research of the world’s leading herbicide.
Bernie Sanders's Climate Plan Is More Radical Than His Opponents’ — And More Likely to Succeed
The $16.3 trillion plan would not only transition American society away from fossil fuels but renegotiate decades-old nostrums about the government’s role in the economy.
Voices
Why the Democratic National Committee Must Change the Rules and Hold a Climate Debate
The climate emergency is not a “single issue” — it is the single precondition for every other issue’s existence.
Oil Lobbyist Touts Success in Effort to Criminalize Pipeline Protests, Leaked Recording Shows
In leaked audio obtained by The Intercept, AFPM conceded its behind-the-scenes role in crafting state laws to criminalize oil and gas pipeline protests.
Bad Chemistry
Industry Cites 3M Research on Cancer Patients Exposed to PFOA to Claim the Chemical Isn’t So Bad
The 3M-funded study is at odds with extensive scientific literature based on large populations of people who had been exposed to PFAS for years.
Voices
The El Paso Shooter Embraced Eco-Fascism. We Can’t Let the Far Right Co-Opt the Environmental Struggle.
Eco-fascism has seen a notable reemergence among far-right groups and festering corners online in the U.S. and Europe.
More Than 160 Environmental Defenders Were Killed in 2018, and Many Others Labeled Terrorists and Criminals
A new report by Global Witness documents the violence and criminalization faced by opponents of environmentally destructive industries.
Ohio Republicans Balked at a Nuclear Bailout, so the Industry Elected New Republicans — and Walked Away With $1.1 Billion
A newly elected state legislature, backed by a dark-money effort linked primarily to the nuclear industry, overcame years of opposition to pass the bailout.
Activists Camped at Hawaii’s Mauna Kea Face Government Opposition as They Attempt to Block Telescope Construction on Sacred Land
Gov. David Ige gave law enforcement more authority to remove activists and ensure delivery of materials to the Thirty Meter Telescope construction site.