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Environment

UK Blocks Greenpeace From Boulder-Drops Designed to 'Protect Our Oceans'

One campaigner said the Marine Management Organization is "using intimidation tactics to block ocean defenders, while brazenly allowing industrial fishing vessels to destroy seabed habitats in our so-called marine protected areas."
Jessica Corbett ·
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Trees forest

On Trees and Democracy: An Arborist's Open Letter to Herschel Walker

Joe Lamb ·

Climate action in Manila

How a 'Green Amendment' Can Boost Environmental Justice

Sam Jones ·

GOP Has Opposed Infrastructure Upgrades. Now This Mississippi City Has No Safe Water

'Water Is Dignity,' Say Jackson, Mississippi Activists as Crisis Continues

Natalia Marques ·

Diablo Canyon nuclear plant

Green Groups Rip 'Dangerous and Dumb' $1.4 Billion Bailout of California Nuclear Plant

Brett Wilkins ·

redwood forest

'Protect These Giants,' Say 122K Public Comments Urging Biden to Conserve Old-Growth Forests

"By letting old-growth and mature trees grow, we'll be safeguarding carbon, clean water and air, and biodiversity," said one campaigner. "Our climate and future generations depend on it."

Brett Wilkins ·

Icebergs, calved from the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier, float in the Ilulissat Icefjord off the coast of Greenland on May 16, 2022.

Melting of Greenland Ice Sheet Poised to Trigger Almost a Foot of Sea-Level Rise: Study

If the world halted planet-heating pollution today, the ice sheet would lose more than 3% of its mass in the coming decades, scientists warn. To prevent even worse outcomes, immediate climate action is needed.

Kenny Stancil ·

Pakistan flooding victims

'Climate Dystopia at Our Doorstep': Tens of Millions Battle Catastrophic Flooding in Pakistan

"This is what the climate crisis looks like. It's here, it's dangerous, and we must take it seriously."

Julia Conley ·

water Maine

In 'Historic' Step, Biden EPA Moves to Designate Two Forever Chemicals as Hazardous

Arguing the Biden administration's new rule isn't enough, campaigners said, "It's time for EPA to address the whole PFAS class."

Jake Johnson ·

American Chestnut trees

Climate Crisis Pushing Up to 1 in 6 US Tree Species Toward Extinction: Study

"Understanding the current state of trees within the U.S. is imperative to protecting those species, their habitats, and the countless communities they support."

Julia Conley ·

Screen Shot

New Documentary 'The Territory' Chronicles Indigenous Land Defenders' Fight to Protect the Amazon

Using footage shot by the Uru-ea-wau-wau people, 'The Territory' is an up close look at the struggle to defend the Amazon from illegal settlers and loggers.

Sara Herschander ·

Manchin-Biden-IRA

The Climate Movement's Fight to Undo the Worst Provisions in the IRA Begins

After President Biden’s signing of a "historic" climate bill, environmental organizers have plenty of work ahead to keep fossil fuels in the ground.

Mitch Jones ·

Wyoming GOP nominee speaks to supporters

GOP House Nominee in Wyoming Called Coal 'Clean' Energy That 'We All Should Be Using'

Harriet Hageman has a "record of anti-conservation, anti-government zealotry that once earned her the nickname 'Wicked Witch of the West' among environmentalists—a title she embraced."

Jake Johnson ·

protest the oceans

Marine Life Defenders Say UN Talks 'Last Chance' for Global Ocean Treaty

Because the high seas "don't 'belong' to anyone, they have been treated recklessly with impunity," said one campaigner, arguing that "nobody's waters" must become "everyone's responsibility."

Jessica Corbett ·

Rep. Pramila Jayapal speaks at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol

'Game-Changer and Reason for Hope': House Passes Inflation Reduction Act

"We've got more to do," Rep. Pramila Jayapal said on the House floor. "But today, let's celebrate this massive investment for the people."

Jake Johnson ·

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