Currently, one in five species on Earth faces extinction. According to the Biological Extinction Conference held at the Vatican last week, that percentage will rise to 50% by the end of the century unless we take immediate urgent action...
Is nothing sacred for the Republican platform committee, when they meet to draft what defines the party’s official principles and policies? Alongside forced LGBT "conversion therapy," no same-sex marriages, focus on Bible studies in school,...
815 million people around the world went hungry last year.
This, according to the latest data from the United Nations, is the first increase in global hunger in more than 15 years.
Sweeping initiatives from nations all...
Jimmy John's makes good sandwiches, but its approach to labor relations leaves a lot to be desired. For years, the company didn't allow its sandwich makers and delivery drivers to work for a competing sandwich...
Apparently we don't have to fear climate change anymore.
That is if we go by a move the Trump administration made this week when it dropped climate change from a list of global threats.
Instead, President Trump's National...
Perhaps people thought it was "fake news."
Two years ago, an article appeared in the Miami Herald about Florida Department of Environmental Protection officials being barred from using the terms "climate change" or "global warming" in official communications, emails,...
Religious leaders find ourselves in a unique situation in this country today. As people who have been divinely called to preach the gospel, we have to carefully guard our words so that we don’t become...
Last spring, when President Donald Trump was considering withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate accords, other nations' leaders pleaded with him to reconsider, appealing to a sense of responsibility and prudence.
He was reminded of the...
According to a new report from Bloomberg, the U.S. will seek to use money intended for climate change adaptation to promote the construction of new coal plants.
The plan, according to an anonymous official inside the...
It should come as no surprise by now that the objective of President Donald Trump's new cabinet is to unravel and de-legitimize vital federal programs that regulate standards on industry and protect our natural resources....
EPA director Scott Pruitt has signed an order approving the continued use of a controversial pesticide – one that his own agency recommended banning in 2015 because it was scientifically proven to cause brain damage...
There's been a lot of finger pointing over where the coronavirus originated.
Did it come out of a Huanan seafood market, otherwise known as a wet market, in Wuhan, China?
Was it transmitted to humans from a...
Late last year, Donald Trump said that "crystal clear water" would be important to his administration. But, as the saying goes, actions speak louder than words. Trump’s actions consistently demonstrate that he doesn’t care about protecting America’s...
Did you enjoy the weather during the waning days of February? It was the dead of winter, and temperatures in the Northeast were in the seventies. Chicago made it through January and February without any...
Despite vocal opposition from businesses, advisers, and prominent members of his own party, President Donald Trump announced today that he would take America out of the Paris Agreement. The historic climate deal was developed in...
The House of Representatives has approved a joint resolution that invites Alaskan hunters to engage in unimaginable acts of barbarism.
House joint resolution 69, introduced by Alaska’s Republican Rep. Don Young, overturns a federal rule written by...
It’s no surprise that if everyone in America recycled, the country would be a lot cleaner. But recycling offers significant opportunities for economic growth, too. A recent feature in USA Today underscores how recycling can...
The Senate confirmed Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) to lead the Interior Department Wednesday. The former Navy Seal will now manage about 500 million acres, or one-fifth of all American land.
Zinke has described himself as a...
In the 1960s, America was a dirtier, uglier place than it is today. Illegal dumping was widespread. Sewage often mingled with river water that upstream communities swam in or drank from. And smokestacks stood directly...
This article was prepared by Bridget Stack and Lindsey Pasieka with ConsumerSafety.org.
If you watched President Donald Trump’s first hundred days speed by, you’re no doubt familiar with the enormous scope of changes he is bringing forward....
