With the way the Flint water crisis is unfolding, the reality of environmental racism is front and center in the news. As Aura Bogado explained … 5 percent of polluters create 90 percent of toxic emissionsRead more
Environment
Posted inPlastic / ToMl
There May Soon Be More Plastic in the Oceans Than Fish
Discarded plastic will outweigh fish in the world’s oceans by 2050, according to a report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. That is, unless overfishing moves … There May Soon Be More Plastic in the Oceans Than FishRead more
Posted inBiodiversity / Pollution / ToMl
Toxic pollutants in fish across the world’s oceans
A new global analysis of seafood found that fish populations throughout the world’s oceans are contaminated with industrial and agricultural pollutants, collectively known as persistent … Toxic pollutants in fish across the world’s oceansRead more
Posted inDemocracy / News / Politics / Protest
Climate Protesters Storm Australian Parliament
With the United Nations climate talks in Paris underway, hundreds of climate change protesters stormed the Australian Parliament House on Wednesday to demand the country’s … Climate Protesters Storm Australian ParliamentRead more
Posted inAssassination / Latin America / News
Activists Demand Justice Following Assassination of Berta Cáceres
More than 50 humanitarian and environmental groups from around the world called on Friday for an independent international investigation into the assassination of Honduran Indigenous … Activists Demand Justice Following Assassination of Berta CáceresRead more
Posted inFossil fuel / Methane / Spill / ToMl / USA Empire
How California’s Porter Ranch Became a Ghost Town
In the winter of 2008, a real estate column in the Los Angeles Times profiled Porter Ranch, a collection of subdivisions in the San Fernando … How California’s Porter Ranch Became a Ghost TownRead more
Posted inScience / ToMl
Global nitrogen footprint mapped for first time
The first-ever global nitrogen footprint, encompassing 188 countries, has found the United States, China, India and Brazil are responsible for 46 percent of the world’s … Global nitrogen footprint mapped for first timeRead more
Posted inAssassination / Latin America / News
Another Indigenous Organizer with COPINH Murdered
In Honduras, another indigenous environmental activist has been murdered—less than two weeks after the assassination of famed environmental organizer Berta Cáceres. Thirty-eight-year-old Nelson García was … Another Indigenous Organizer with COPINH MurderedRead more
Posted inEconomics / Pollution / ToMl / USA Empire / Water
Mother who helped expose Flint’s toxic water nightmare
On a chilly evening last March in Flint, Michigan, LeeAnne Walters was getting ready for bed when she heard her daughter shriek from the bathroom … Mother who helped expose Flint’s toxic water nightmareRead more
Posted inHuman / ToMl
The little Ape that Could
A couple of years ago, on a panel TV show about climate change on the BBC, an audience member commented that they thought the idea … The little Ape that CouldRead more