Latest Ecology

• Jerolmack: Ending Fracking by 2035

  The planet-destroying reactionaries steered the conversation onto their turf and away from the brutal reality that if we want to survive as a species, one small thing we must do is stop fracking
• 

  Cole: Greening Earth and creating Jobs

  Biden to slash Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Extend Wind, Solar Credits
• 

  Monbiot: Sea Change

  At last people are waking up to the fishing industry’s devastating impacts
• Lee: Residents of Chicago’s Southeast Side Are Rising up Against Polluters

  Residents are tired of being the city’s dumping ground, so they are fighting back
• 

  Ludwig: Activists May Be Winning Battle Against Environmental Racism

  Residents near the proposed site already live with more toxic air pollution than 99 percent of the United States
• Corbett: Lawmakers Urge Biden to Block Massive Petrochemical Complex in Cancer Alley

  "This disastrous project is an affront to environmental justice and contrary to your goals to reduce pollution in frontline communities."
• Stancil: Democrats Unveil ‘Build Green’ Infrastructure and Jobs Act

  Sen. Ed Markey called the bill "our opportunity to invest in a clean energy revolution across our country, transform our transportation sector to be climate-smart, and create millions of good-paying union jobs at the same time."
• Koehler: Growing Up Ecologically

  Deb Haaland brings a different set of values, and a different understanding of Planet Earth, into the game
• 

  Cole: Coal, Gas vastly Over-priced in Bubble that could Burst

  The Biden administration needs to take account of these findings to protect Americans from this de facto bubble and to move even more quickly to wind, solar and batteries
• Manjee: Hunger strike against General Iron ends with protests outside Chicago mayor’s home

  “The people deserve clean air. Biden spoke about environmental justice and we haven’t seen any action yet. We, the people, will be heard. We, the people, will win.”
• Corbett: Call for Rapid Phaseout of Fracking in Pennsylvania

  "Pennsylvania's children should not be used as laboratory rats," said biologist Sandra Steingraber, who called fracking "an uncontrolled human experiment" that involves "toxic exposures."
• 

  Tokar: 25 Years of GMOs, and Some New Insights from Argentina

  This technology has failed to demonstrate any consistent advantages for crop yields or food quality, but has helped drive an unprecedented consolidation of corporate power in the global seed and agrochemical sectors
• 

  Brown: After Texas, Green New Deal Advocates Push Rooftop Solar

  Will Biden Fund It?
• Lobet: California’s Small Towns Ready to Fight Big Oil Over Air Quality

  After organizing for three years, Lamont and Arvin, two rural communities in the heart of California’s oilfields have won a direct say in reducing the air pollution from oil, gas and agriculture production
• First-Arai: Biden Could Hire Jobless Oil and Gas Workers to Plug Abandoned Oil Wells

  There are 3.2 million abandoned oil and gas wells across U.S. land and waters, responsible for emitting 281 kilotons of methane in 2018 — or the equivalent of burning through 16 million barrels of crude oil
• Koehler: Windmills: The New Scapegoat

  The cornerstone of every social structure is its belief system, and those who control and benefit the most from the system have one primary job: Keep its myths and scapegoats viable
• Moore: The Chicago Plant That Sparked a Hunger Strike amid Environmental Racism Claims

  “If we need to put our lives on the line, we do it because it’s for our current generation, our generation to come, and our ancestors.”
• Quaranda: Biden’s EPA Nominee Must Act on Forests to Be an Environmental Justice Champion

  Please Help ZNet       Source: Truthout Photo by...
• Zhang: Fossil Fuel Pollution Caused Nearly 1 in 5 Premature Deaths in 2018

  “There’s a vaccine for the 8.7 million deaths caused each year by air pollution from fossil fuels. That vaccine is called solar panels and wind turbines”
• 

  Camp: It’s Now or Never — We Stare Into the Abyss

  Despite millions of years of finding ways to survive, these species failed to outlast that most destructive force — unfettered capitalism
• Landis: Biden’s climate orders

  The Biden administration’s recent executive orders on climate action and environmental protections at first glance may inspire hope. Digging deeper, it becomes evident they lack substance
• Calik: Is the pandemic an opportunity to shift from oil to greener energy?

  It is crucial to an understanding of the global consequences of the coronavirus pandemic to consider the transition to alternative energy sources for the benefit of future generations
• 

  Nader: New Auto Safety Report Demands Biden Strengthen Federal Programs Now

  Biden promises a New Day from Trumpism. Let’s see if he and his team can provide America with a New Day of Public Safety from callous corporatism on the nation’s roadways
• Clark: Don’t Forget About Flint

  The Roots of Its Water Crisis Remain Unaddressed
• Archambault: Biden Canceled Keystone XL. Indigenous Leaders Demand Same for DAPL

  "The best thing that he can do is drop the appeals to this and stop the oil from flowing now.”