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New Report Details 10 'Critical Transitions' to Tackle the Climate Crisis and Feed the World

Trump Rollback of Key EPA Water Protection Rule Denounced as 'Callous' and 'Immoral' Giveaway to Big Polluters

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Water and field

"This is shameful and dangerous."

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Sixth Installment of Jay Inslee's Climate Plan Champions Regenerative Farming and Massive Investment in Rural America

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee

While applauding much of the presidential candidate's proposal, Friends of the...

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Bolsonaro Greenlights New Pesticides Even as Advocates Mourn Half Billion Dead Bees in Brazil

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A protester holds dead bees

"The death of all these bees is a sign that we're being poisoned."

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A coyote returns for the last scraps of a road killed pronghorn.

After Public Outcry, Trump EPA Reverses Approval for Using 'Cyanide Bombs' to Kill US Wildlife

This image obtained through a FOIA request by the Center for Biological Diversity shows a dead wolf or coyote near a poison sign in New Mexico.

Trump Administration Reauthorizes 'Cyanide Bombs' to Kill US Wildlife

Critics Say Monsanto's Spying and Intimidation Operation Exposes Company's 'Toxic Corporate Culture' and Threatens Journalists' Rights

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UN Report Calls for Transforming Land Practices to Battle Hunger and 'Suffocating Blanket of Climate Emergency'

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Health and Labor Groups Sue Trump EPA for Refusal to Ban Pesticide Linked to Brain Damage in Children

A child sits in an area affected by a drought

'Biggest Crisis No One Is Talking About': Quarter of Humanity Faces 'Extremely High Water Stress' Intensified by Climate Emergency

Lewis Ziska

Top Scientist Says He Quit USDA Because Trump Admin Tried to Bury His Study on Climate and Nutrition

Drastic Changes to Food Production and Consumption Needed to Save Planet From Catastrophic Warming, IPCC Reveals

More Than Three Eco-Defenders Killed Per Week in 2018 While Fighting to Protect Wildlife, Homes, and Livelihoods

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With Petition to Congress, 100,000+ People Demand Green New Deal 'That Fixes Our Food System'

The Trump administration's budget cuts have led to a suspension of the USDA's tracking of honey bee populations.

USDA Indefinitely Suspends Honey Bee Tracking Survey as States Get Approval to Use Bee-Killing Pesticide

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Citing $69 Trillion Price Tag by 2100, Moody's Warns Central Banks of Far-Reaching Economic Damage of Climate Crisis

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Small Planet Institute

Big Ag is the Biggest Obstacle to Addressing Climate Change

Green Party of the US

The Green Party Denounces Business Deals and Trade Policies Through Which Multinational Corporations Profit From the Destruction of the Brazilian Rainforest

Amnesty International - USA

Brazilian Government's Failures are Fueling Wildfires Across the Amazon...

Center for Biological Diversity

Farmers, Conservationists Challenge Approval of Monsanto’s Crop-damaging Dicamba Pesticide

Food & Water Watch

IPCC: Factory Farms are Contributing to the Climate Crisis

Friends of the Earth

New Study: U.S. Agriculture 48 Times More Toxic to Insects Than 25 Years Ago

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Catherine Tumber

Land Without Bread: The Green New Deal Forsakes America's Countryside

Prabir Purkayastha

White Nationalism and Crony Capitalism Are the Sparks That Started Fires in the Amazon

Negin Owliaei, Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson

Activists Follow the Money Fueling Amazon Fires

David Suzuki, Ian Hanington

Fracked Gas Heats the Planet, But Supporters Say It’s a Solution

Conn Hallinan

Climate Catastrophe Comes for Europe

Brian Mier

As Brazil Burns, Northern Media Deploy a Strategy of Deflection

Timothy A. Wise

Big Ag Is a Major Obstacle to Combating the Climate Crisis

Sarah Jaffe

As the World Burns

Devin Beaulieu

No Refuge for the Amazon in Evo Morales' Bolivia

Ronnie Cummins

Bernie Sanders' Green New Deal is a Game-Changer for Food and Farming