An ancient plague, frozen beneath the arctic ice for millennia, is suddenly released as the ice around it thaws. The disease makes its ways to civilization, killing billions and bringing civilization to a screeching halt.
It...
It’s common knowledge that Donald Trump loves watching cable news. Now an environmental group is taking advantage of the president’s bad habit to raise awareness about the dangers of climate change.
The Partnership for Responsible Group...
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...
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...
President Donald Trump’s latest executive order rolls back important U.S. climate change regulations. The order recommends that federal agencies review existing energy policies and "suspend, revise, or rescind" those deemed burdensome to the energy industry.
Over...
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...
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...
The Trump administration has once again shown an extremely cold and heartless attitude toward just about everything. Republican and Director of the Office of Management and Budget has made a few astounding statements this week....
A Norwegian pension fund is sending a strong message by pulling it's investment from the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). KLP, the second largest pension fund in Norway, recently announced plans to sell $68 million in...
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...
The Trump administration is set to enact dramatic cuts to yet another federal science agency, according to a report by the Washington Post.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) could see 17 percent of its...
President Donald Trump loves to hear himself talk. He also loves to hear the cheers after certain tag lines. Trump knows that certain statements will draw applause from a crowd, and he seems to crave...
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....
Michigan’s Democratic senators slammed Donald Trump’s new budget for cutting EPA funds to a Great Lakes restoration program by 97 percent. The proposed budget would slash the EPA’s Great Lakes cleanup fund from $300 million to...
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...
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...
Conservatives love to dismiss the exigencies of climate change with a swipe of their hands, and with claims that the jury is still out on whether or not human activity is responsible for it or...
Scott Pruitt, President Donald Trump’s nominee for head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), might be confirmed Friday, but senators haven’t seen some 3,000 emails that disclose his ties to the fossil fuel industry.
Pruitt, Oklahoma’s...
Last week, the environment took yet another hit from President Donald Trump and his administration. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the rusty patched bumble bee would not start receiving federal protection on...
It should come as no surprise that a republican is upset that America cannot continue to promote racism.
Former President Barack Obama decided that it was time to get rid of an offensive creek name. Squaw Creek...
