The Four Horsemen of Inflation
War, pestilence, climate change, and the rich.
Environment
The Myth of Safe Plastics Persists, Despite Risk of Disasters Like East Palestine
The vinyl lobby has poured millions of dollars over the years into convincing lawmakers that PVC plastic is safe and sustainable.
Climate Crimes
Google Greenwashes a Dirty Partnership with Climate-Destroying Saudi Aramco
Google wants you to think that its work for Saudi Arabia will help save the planet.
13,000 People From the Niger Delta Just Sued Shell for Years of Oil Spills
“As we speak, oil is spilling in my community every day, people are dying.”
A Biologist Fought to Remove Grizzlies From the Endangered Species List — Until Montana Republicans Changed His Mind
Former U.S. wildlife official Chris Serhveen lost faith in delisting when Montana’s GOP revealed its anti-bear “hysteria.”
Voices
The Crackdown on Cop City Protesters Is So Brutal Because of the Movement's Success
One protester was killed by police, 20 were charged under a “domestic terror” law, and Georgia’s governor gave himself broad “emergency” powers.
The Coronavirus Crisis
NIH Urged to Consider Banning Wuhan Institute of Virology From Future Grants
The Wuhan lab has continued to stonewall NIH and EcoHealth Alliance on scientific documentation, an inspector general report confirmed.
Voices
Subpoenaed Fossil Fuel Documents Reveal an Industry Stuck in the Past
The industry is still running the same five-step plan, to the same end: preserving power, subsidies, and social license.
The Scorched-Earth Legal Strategy Corporations Are Using to Silence Their Critics
Energy and extractive industry giants are targeting environmentalists with racketeering charges.
Boxed In on the Border
How Neighbors in the Borderlands Fought Back Against Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s Illegal Wall — and Won
The Biden administration is doing nothing to stop the environmental destruction wrought by Arizona’s construction of a shipping container wall.