Tag Archive: Environment
Pandemic May Have Left Over 250 Million People With Acute Food Shortages in 2020
By
Robin Scher
Released for Syndication: 02/25/2021
As Black and Latinx families experience disproportionate food insecurity, experts warn of famine in dozens of countries.
Full ArticleBiden’s EPA Nominee Must Act on Forests to Be an Environmental Justice Champion
Released for Syndication: 02/12/2021
Michael Regan’s support of the wood pellet industry has devastated the health of rural low-income communities of color.
Full ArticleHow ExxonMobil Uses Divide and Rule to Get Its Way in South America
Released for Syndication: 02/03/2021
Tensions rise between neighboring Guyana and Venezuela over a piece of land that has been disputed since at least 1835. Both Guyana’s President Irfaan...
Full ArticleExploring Local Solutions to Our Collective Crises That Actually Work—From California to Alaska
Released for Syndication: 02/01/2021
The new Salmon Nation project launches with the ‘Festival of What Works’ to amplify innovations to localize food systems, repair climate destruction and heal.
Full ArticleHow New Solar Power Projects Support the Homeless and Fight Against Fossil Fuels
Released for Syndication: 01/29/2021
New Mexico’s efforts to solarize local venues paint a vision for a future of community energy self-sufficiency.
Full ArticleCOVID-19 Has Exposed the Fragility of Our Food System—Here’s How We Can Localize It
Released for Syndication: 01/25/2021
The pandemic has demonstrated the shortcomings of our mega-food industries and the necessity to localize food production. Farms and mills from Northern California to Canada are creating new small-scale, regional food systems.
Full ArticleRestoring Our Water Systems Should Be Top Priority for Biden Administration
Released for Syndication: 01/21/2021
Healthy rivers can no longer be separated into the “nice-to-have” column of environmental progress.
Full ArticleCOVID Has Underscored the Need for Safe Drinking Water—But Not Everyone Has It
Released for Syndication: 01/12/2021
COVID can’t be transmitted through drinking water, but that doesn’t mean your tap water is safe.
Full ArticleA Groundbreaking Court Case Argues U.S. Climate Denial Policy Violates Americans’ Right to Be Free
Released for Syndication: 01/07/2021
Our broken environmental policy treats nature as a human resource. Here’s how it can be fixed.
Full ArticleHow Decades of Local Activism Led to the Biggest Dam Removal Deal In U.S. History
Released for Syndication: 01/06/2021