There is a link between single use plastic straws and climate change
There is no doubt anymore that disposable plastic is not something that we can tolerate or allow any longer. It is not recyclable and does untold damage to the environment. In a fractured America, here’s one thing most of us can agree on: Disposable plastic...
The meat industry’s politics and tactics to convince you to keep buying meat
The meat industry, like the fossil fuel industry, is investing huge amounts of time and money into covering up their contribution to climate change. This spring, politicians stampeded to defend the centrality of meat in the American diet. When Colorado’s governor...
Activists demand compensation from governments for climate disasters
Climate activists have written an open letter to world leaders demanding financial compensation for loss caused by climate disasters such as floods. After last year’s global climate talks ended with little concrete action to financially support the developing...
We are reaching a point of no return, say scientists
We are nearing the nine tipping points identified by scientists as a point of no return for climate change – and we could reach it by the 2030s. The collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet and the abrupt thawing of permafrost are among six tipping points in...
Animal agriculture will destroy the environment if we don’t stop it
The demands humans make for meat and dairy food products is putting a huge strain on the natural environment. Raising animals for food (including land used for grazing and growing crops to feed those animals) now uses a staggering 30% of our Earth’s land mass....
