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Showing 'Total Disregard for Indigenous Rights and Public Wishes,' Trump Moves to Open Alaska Wildlife Refuge to Drilling

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'Beyond Comprehension': In Just Two Years, Half of All Corals in 'Forever Damaged' Great Barrier Reef Have Died

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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Global warming, researchers warn, "is rapidly emerging as a universal threat to ecological integrity and function."

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Facing Fires and Floods, Colorado Communities Launch Landmark Suit Against Fossil Fuel Companies

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"Climate change is not just about sea level rise. It affects all of us in the...

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Species Threatened as Climate Crisis Pushes Mother Nature 'Out of Synch'

Julia Conley, staff writer

In a new study showing that the timing of species' natural events is failing to...

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New Study Finds More Than 95% of Global Population Exposed to Harmful Air Pollution

Soundproof Booth Cannot 'Hide Illegal Actions' as GAO Probe Says Pruitt Violated Federal Law

In Hopes That Death 'Might Serve Others,' Lawyer and Human Rights Advocate David Buckel Lights Himself on Fire in Fossil Fuel Protest

Citing His Refusal to Face 'Most Pressing Issue of Our Time,' 200+ Green Groups Urge Senate to Reject Climate-Denying Pompeo

'Callously Indifferent' BP Argued Oil Spills Would Provide 'Welcome Boost' to Coastal Economy

Calls for EPA Chief's Ouster Grow as Inspector General Launches New Probe of 'K Street B&B Patron' Scott Pruitt

'We Got Your Back': As Scandal Grows, Trump and Kelly Rush to Pruitt's Defense

Pipeline Backed by Pruitt's Oil Lobbyist Landlord Approved While EPA Chief Was Receiving Sweetheart Rent

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Without Urgent Action, Warn Wildlife Experts, One-Third of US Species at Risk of Extinction

'Among Stupidest Policies Yet Proposed': EPA to Lower Car Emissions Standards

In 'Victory for the People,' Judge Tosses Out Exxon's Attempt to Keep Climate Crisis Knowledge Hidden

'Punctured Like a Pin Cushion' From Oil and Gas Drilling, Scientists Warn of Growing Sinkhole Threat in Texas

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Antarctica: Don't Come Here

Though he gets the appeal of free snow cones and penguins, John Oliver is more worried about the environmental impact of an estimated 40,000 eager tourists a year traipsing to and inevitably trashing Antarctica. His solution: A hilarious anti-tourism PSA.

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Sierra Club

Trump’s New Ploy to Force Electricity Customers, Taxpayers to Bailout Uneconomic Coal and Nuclear Plants

Center for Biological Diversity

Trump Administration Ignores Deepwater Horizon Lessons on Eve of Anniversary

Earthjustice

Trump Administration Prepares for Lease Sale in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Sierra Club

40 Civil Rights, Labor & Environmental Orgs to Trump: “It’s Time for Pruitt to Resign, or Be Removed”

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Colorado Climate Lawsuit First to Hold Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable for Wildfires, Pest Infestations, Heatwaves and Other Impacts on Tourism and Agriculture

Earthrights International

Colorado Communities File Lawsuit Against Oil Giants for Climate Change Costs

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Alfonso Saldaña, Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap

A Cancer on Society: Monsanto Claims Right Not to Speak About Roundup

Bill McKibben

100% Renewable Energy is Within Our Reach

Arshad Khan

Of Animals and Bees and Flowers Wild as Earth Day Nears

Gretchen Goldman

Brace Yourself for Unhealthy Air

Juan Cole

Three Countries Show How Near a 100% Green Grid Is

Dave Cooke

EPA Rolls Back Fuel Efficiency Standards at the Request of Automakers

Sarah Anderson

The Mosquito Gap

Kathleen Rogers

Wrapped in a Sea of Plastic

Jim Walsh

Carbon Markets: Foolish Climate Policy that Big Banks Can Love

Basav Sen

The State Department Drama Shows Just How Far Trump Will Go for Big Oil

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