How Ordinary People Can Help Ailing Oceans
Dec 20, 2017 The more acidic our oceans become, the harder it is for sea life to survive. As sea life dies off, entire ecosystems will begin to collapse, resulting in other ecosystems collapsing.
Global Warming Threatens the World’s Mountains
Feb 8, 2017 Climate change is fundamentally altering mountains across the world, making ecosystems more vulnerable as tree lines migrate up slopes.
New Map Reveals How Roads Devastate Nature
Jan 18, 2017 Scientists call for urgent protection of ecologically valuable roadless areas.
Rio Fails to Deliver on ‘Green Olympics’ Pledges
Aug 24, 2016 The promise to improve favela conditions, for example, was simply abandoned. Instead, many communities were forcibly removed to make way for Olympic projects.
2015 in Review: Amid the Gloom Covering Our Planet, Some Rays of Light
Dec 22, 2015 On the winter solstice, a Truthdig review of the year's environmental stories finds cause for hope in our poison-riddled world.
Eulogy for a Friend
Aug 24, 2015 The Rev Terry Burke stood with the suffering, ministering to them over three decades and going to jail for his protests on behalf of fired workers and against the corporations that are destroying the ecosystem Terry Burke (above) stood with the suffering, ministering to them over three decades and going to jail for his protests on behalf of fired workers and against the corporations that are destroying the ecosystem.
California Gov. Jerry Brown at Vatican’s Climate Summit: ‘God Is Not Mocked’
Jul 22, 2015 California's water-challenged residents know what it's like to deal with ecological trouble in their own backyards, so it was only fitting that the Golden State's Gov. Jerry Brown did a little preaching Tuesday at the Vatican's climate-focused meeting of mayors from around the world.
Big Oil Soon to Be Extinct
Jun 6, 2015 Fossil fuels are on their way out as a new generation embraces renewable energy and such ideas as ride-sharing, biking and a more eco-friendly lifestyle.
Choosing Life
Apr 20, 2015 As long as we exploit animals and kill them for food, we will exploit and kill each other. The willful numbness of our life as carnivores feeds our lack of empathy for the poor, our lust for war and ecocide.
To Drill or Not to Drill — That Is the Question
Mar 4, 2015 Major oil company Royal Dutch Shell wants to drill in the Chukchi Sea this summer. In the long term, that could spell doom for one of the last great relatively untouched oceanic environments on the planet.
