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There are way too many Black environmentalists doing important work to list in a single article. But in honor of Black History Month, here are just a few who are making a big difference in the world, from scientists to vegan...

Yet another brave land defender has disappeared in Mexico. Irma Galindo Barrios, a member of the Indigenous Mixtec group in Oaxaca, very publicly defended her people’s lands from illegal logging. She hasn’t been seen...

A small group of activists is driving the conversation about climate change in new directions with a push against establishing new gas stations. In March, Petaluma, California, became the first town in America to place a...

Joannah Stutchbury, a prominent environmental activist, was shot dead on July 15 while driving home in Nairobi, Kenya. The incident has been condemned by local environmental activists, who are calling for justice in response...

President Biden made big promises about a new, green infrastructure plan that would mitigate the effects of climate change. But just six months into his presidency, White House negotiators are already making a deal...

Three men who participated in protests against Cuadrilla at a Lancashire fracking site are being jailed in the U.K. The demonstrators participated in a July 2017 push back that lasted approximately four days. Simon Blevins,...

Grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park are in danger as Wyoming opens up its first bear hunt since the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973. Wildlife conservationists working alongside famed animal rights champion...

A stay-at-home mother of four children just won an award often described as the Nobel Prize for the environment. LeeAnne Walters earned the Goldman Environmental Prize for her work spearheading a citizens' movement to test...

If you're feeling overwhelmed in the face of President Donald Trump's overtures to ignore climate science, resuscitate oil pipelines, and in general undo all of the environmental progress we have made so far, you're not alone...

In a stunning win for environmental activists, the U.S. Senate voted against repealing the BLM methane rule (originally passed during the Obama administration) to limit methane pollution on public land. Overturned with a...

Environmental activists in Honduras continue to be threatened and murdered following the death of Berta Cáceres. In the aftermath of what her family says was an assassination, Nelson García, a fellow member of her organization...

It seems that being an anti-tar sands activist in the United States is getting to be a riskier business, as those opposed to the Canadian oil development have been getting unexpected visits from the FBI...

It's cold outside. I forgot my gloves and now it's time to go. The arrestees practice outside the church, locking themselves into their lockboxes, as I pretend a nearby flowering plant is a security guard. I'm the distraction...

The buzz is building around the Largest Climate March in History, and if you care about the environment and securing a sustainable future for people on planet earth, it's time to get planning to join the biggest march since...

An alarming message sent out last week by Greenpeace stated that at least 20 activists working to fight Arctic oil drilling were being held at gunpoint by armed Russian Coast Guard officials...