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Topic: Environment (page 25)

Judy Aquiline, a Sonoma local, sits in the candle-lit restaurant Reel and Brand in Sonoma, California, on October 9, 2019, during a planned power outage by the Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) utility company. - Rolling blackouts set to affect millions of Californians began on October 9 as a utility company started switching off power to an unprecedented number of households in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires. (BRITTANY HOSEA-SMALL/AFP via Getty Images)

California's blackouts are not enough

Carl Pope
A picture taken on July 4, 2019 shows bees collecting nectar on a sunflower in a field in Weisskirchen, Germany. (Boris Roessler/AFP/Getty Images)

Who is most at risk on a warming planet?

Miyo McGinn - Grist
A North Atlantic right whale swims in the waters of Cape Cod Bay April 14, 2019 near Provincetown, Massachusetts. (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)

New fishing map endangers right whale

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
Prairie Strips on Larry and Margaret Stone’s farm near Traer, IA. Strips were frost seeded in January 2016 and this photo was taken in July 2017, showing the first year of growth. (Lynn Betts of the NRCS / SWCS)

Native prarie: secret weapon for farmers

Nathan Beacom - Civil Eats
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Smoke rises from factory stacks in Santes, near Lille, on January 22, 2013. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Don't count on capitalism to save Earth

Ted Morgan
(Getty/kotangens)

"An ecological abomination"

Julia Conley - Common Dreams
Dogs at an illegal kennel in Llay Llay, Chile. (Lady Freethinker)

Humans get serious about animal rights

Nina Jackel - Independent Media Institute
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at the RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum, Wednesday, June 5, 2019, in Elkhart, Ind. (AP/Darron Cummings)

What green trade deals should prioritize

Molly Enking - Grist
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(AP/Rich Pedroncelli)

Warren climate plan uses wildfire wisdom

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
A layer of pollution can be seen hovering over Los Angeles, California (Getty/Frederic J. Brown)

How much will climate change cost us?

Kate Yoder - Grist
FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2010 file photo, a massive fire roars through a neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says it is prepared to pay the maximum fine of $3 million after a jury convicted the company of deliberately violating pipeline safety regulations before a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion in the San Francisco Bay Area and then misleading investigators looking into the blast. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) (AP)

A glimpse into the future?

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
A cliff dwelling preserved for millennia by the dry high-desert climate was included in a March 20 lease sale for oil and gas companies in southeast Utah. Officials from the federal Bureau of Land Management published confidential information online about locations and descriptions of almost 900 Native American antiquities, including cliff dwellings, in Utah. (Steven St. John for Reveal)

Acting BLM director wants it dismantled

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
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(AP Photo/John Antczak)

Millions threaten by rising sea-levels

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
FILE - In this March 21, 2016 file photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. The Trump administration would slash programs aimed at slowing climate change and improving water safety and air quality, while eliminating thousands of jobs, according to a draft of the Environmental Protection Agency budget proposal obtained by the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) (AP)

Trump country begs for clean water

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
Lawmakers applaud as US President Donald Trump puts the cap on his pen after signing House Joint Resolution 41, which removes some Dodd-Frank regulations on oil and gas companies, during a bill signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 14, 2017. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

Science is in "crisis" under Trump

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
Youth Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks during the UN Climate Action Summit on September 23, 2019 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo credit should read (JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)

Why Thunberg infuriates conservatives

Simon Dalby - The Conversation
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Climate change activists take part in the international Strike for Climate protest in Los Angeles on May 24, 2019. (Getty/Frederic J. Brown)

Trumping the future

Frida Berrigan - TomDispatch.com
A layer of pollution can be seen hovering over Los Angeles, California (Getty/Frederic J. Brown)

The unspoken word at the climate summit

Lisa Song - ProPublica
This Sept. 9, 2016 photo shows rush hour traffic moving along the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) (AP)

Effects of killing CA pollution rule

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
In this photo taken May 19, 2015, meat labels are seen at a grocery store in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (AP)

The problem with red meat

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
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Cleaning up: On August 31, 2018, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced that the United States Air Force has started up an additional granular activated carbon filtration system to capture historic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination caused by the use of firefighting foam at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base near Oscoda. (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy)

The fight against “forever chemicals”

Michael Green - Truthout
A defunct coal-fired power station near Johnson City, New York. (Duncan Rawlinson/Flickr)

Chubb will no longer invest in coal

Elana Sulakshana - Truthout
A statue of Alexander von Humboldt in Berlin. ([martin] / Flickr)

The forgotten father of environmentalism

Erika Schelby - Independent Media Institute
The two-year FRONTLINE investigation "Flint's Deadly Water" uncovers the extent of a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak during the Flint water crisis — and how officials failed to stop it. (PBS/ Frontline)

"Flint's Deadly Water": Our "Chernobyl"

Melanie McFarland
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