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"A dream come true for fossil fuel companies, but a nightmare for the American people."

The industry is known for getting its way in Louisiana, and the federal government has a dismal record when it comes to holding polluters accountable for environmental racism. However, local activists are fighting back with help from allies.

Trump’s push to expand oil and gas drilling is eroding protections for some of America’s most at-risk wildlife

Labor: Europeans Talk Strategy, Canadians Oppose Venezuela Coup Threat. Streets: Yellow Vests, Sudan, Russia. Jungle: Ecuador's Indigenous. And a New Appreciation of Rosa

It’s the old Cold War routine repeated once again: The money goes south, but the risk and the waste stays up in Alaska.

Will rely primarily on renewable energy

A Green New Deal is now on the agenda. Activists should embrace the public ownership option: mass decarbonization, using the Tennessee Valley Authority.

The number of EPA criminal actions is the lowest since 1988 under the Reagan Administration.

Does the U.S. government’s priority for military spending explain, at least partially, the discrepancy between the worldwide preeminence of the U.S. armed forces and the feeble global standing of major American domestic institutions?

Folks across the country, from local city leaders to state attorneys general, are out there chipping away at the biggest existential threat of our time. And they’re actually getting somewhere. Here’s proof.