Environment

‘My Country No More’: PBS asks, Whose land is it?

January 4, 2019 By Michael Berkowitz

“We are just people who are losing their way of life and their land.”

Create jobs while saving the world with a Green New Deal

January 3, 2019 By Norah Vawter

The basic idea is to get us to 100 percent renewable energy by 2035 by putting Americans to work building a new energy infrastructure.

Willowbrook, Ill. residents call for closure of polluting Sterigenics plant

December 21, 2018 By Michelle Zacarias

There have been issues with the plant for several decades, but it was only recently discovered that the Illinois EPA had prior knowledge of the matter.

California firefighters dodge death, face harrowing conditions on the job

December 17, 2018 By Brian Melley

A crew setting a back burn to stop the blaze was suddenly overrun by flames when erratic winds suddenly shifted.

Berta Cáceres supporters: Additional evidence forces Honduran officials to act

December 14, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

Supporters of murdered Honduran activist Berta Cáceres say the revelation of new evidence of higher-up involvement has forced the government to re-open the case.