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Motorcycle taxi drivers in Indonesia are protesting for better wages and working conditions, and calling on the government to regulate the app-based ride industry. This activity is encouraging but these gig economy workers face many challenges in trying to build a sustainable union.

When the first season of Occupied was on screen the Russians were a fictional threat. Has reality caught up with the conceit?

In early January, EPA chief Scott Pruitt met with Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) to discuss overhauling how EPA uses science. Smith hasn't been able to get legislation to do so through Congress, so he pitched pitched Pruitt to do so internally, according to emails obtained through a FOIA.

New reports provide an unprecedented look at contaminants leaking from coal ash ponds and landfills. But the chasm between information and environmental protection may deepen thanks to a proposed Trump administration rollback.

America's belated push to develop offshore wind energy

Winners of the world’s leading environmental award faced down Vladimir Putin and the country’s recently deposed leader, Jacob Zuma, to overturn a multibillion-dollar nuclear deal. Unprecedented win for women in top global environment awards.

If hemisphere-spanning currents are slowing, greater flooding and extreme weather could be at hand.

His war on Amazon expands to include the right-wing’s campaign to abolish America’s oldest—and still successful—public service.

The law blocked thousands of Wisconsinites from voting in 2016, predominantly in Democratic-leaning areas.

Trump is asking Middle Eastern governments to build a military force to replace US troops in northeast Syria, and notorious war profiteer Erik Prince has been contacted for help. Medea Benjamin says the plan is scandalous.