Environment

Methane emissions soar to highest level ever recorded

April 18, 2022 By Kate Yoder

This surge is happening just as methane is getting more recognition as a problem that requires urgent action.

Tefere Gebre leaves AFL-CIO for Greenpeace

March 16, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

A leader in labor’s battle to break through in union-hostile South.

Climate research strike? Linking up environmental science with the ‘science of society’

March 16, 2022 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Some scientists are calling for a “strike” when it comes to doing more climate change research. No one’s listening anyway, they say.

Mexico’s Supreme Court votes to protect Veracruz Reef from port expansion

February 28, 2022 By Earthjustice

This decision protects the largest reef system in the Gulf of Mexico from the destructive construction of new navigation channels, land access points, and other port facilities.

ExxonMobil lockout in Texas enters ninth month as company pushes union decertification

January 12, 2022 By Gene Winston

Americans, now more than ever, are saying “Union yes!”