environmentalists, Tag

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...

For years, concerned environmentalists have been warning decision-makers to stop playing around and get serious about climate change. But for California's Marin County, the game might be the only way to getting people and...

Conservationists, researchers and volunteers have spent countless hours on the ground keeping tabs on water quality in rivers across the country. Their work has been instrumental over the years, and new technology in the...

There is a war brewing over the development of a new underwater pipeline in New York City. The proposed project would send fracked gas to the city, a move environmentalists claim would greatly contribute to global warming.[...]

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,...

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...

  I spent some time at Endless Mountains Farm in Benton, PA, operated in part by several members of Shalefield Organizing Committee (SOC), a group of dedicated activists created to put more focus on resources in local areas...

  I spent some time at Endless Mountains Farm in Benton, PA, operated in part by several members of Shalefield Organizing Committee (SOC), a group of dedicated activists created to put more focus on resources in local areas...

Flying Fox Colony Photo via Shutterstock A disease known as white-nose syndrome (WNS) is decimating bat populations in the US, and in an effort to combat the epidemic, The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee is building an artificial...

In the August 2012 issue of Rolling Stone magazine is one of the most alarming and terrifying articles on climate change that you will ever read. Titled “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math” and written...

Thanks to films like Battleship, we all know that war games are a crucial part of the US Navy‘s defense strategy. They provide ships’ crews with the necessary training and expertise that they will need in future...

Well, here I am in God's Own Country and you know what? It really is as good as they say. Well at least Western Australia is, which is the only bit I've seen so far. Business is booming (the mining industry here is keeping...

Professional environmentalists are cheering President Obama’s rejection of construction permits for the KeystoneXL Pipeline. They are the only ones cheering, aside from a few NIMBY groups and The New York Times Obama’s...

The Los Angeles Times editorial board last week penned a widely circulated thesis that “[t]he environment and public health will be thrown under a bus for the sake of his [President Barack Obama’s] reelection in 2012.”...

According to the World Health Organization, more than half the world’s population uses dung, crop matter, and coal to cook and heat inside their homes...