- Los Angeles Becomes Largest U.S. City to Ban Plastic Bags
- Would Paul Watson Really Voluntarily Go to Costa Rica for Trial? And Collaborate on Ocean Conservation?
- G8's Camp David Declaration Supports Climate Change Action While Not Acknowledging Its Source
- Will President Obama Attend Rio+20? Green Groups Urge Him to Commit
- The Decline and Fall of the Nation's Top Climate-Denying Think Tank
- Hawaii Now Has Statewide Plastic Bag Ban - With Significant Loopholes
- Occupy's GlobalMay Manifesto Has Lots of Points Green Movement Should Get Behind
- Tea Party Organizers, Think Tanks Coordinate Plan to Attack Wind Power Nationwide
Latest Stories in Environmental Policy
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Developed-Developing Nation Split on Climate Obligations Needs Reevaluation
We need a new system to determine which nations ought to be forced to cut emissions, not the 20-year old outdated one we've got now.
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Coal Kicks Ass Like NASCAR and Beer and Dale Earnhardt Jr, Says Coal Lobby
If you don't like coal, you're probably anti-American.
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As Rio+20 Approaches, Pleas For Less Language Squabbling & More Respecting Indigenous Wisdom
Check out these two important pieces from Kelly Rigg and David Korten on where the Rio+20 negotiations are and aren't heading.
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Plastic Bags a Bigger Threat to India's Future Than Nuclear Weapons: Supreme Court Justices
Unless India comes to terms with its plastic pollution problem, its rise on the global stage may be stunted.
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Connecticut Fears Monsanto - Bill to Label GM Ingredients Dead Due to Lawsuit Worries
"The labeling provision was eliminated from the bill due to fears that it opened the state up to a lawsuit. The attorneys for the leadership & Governor's office felt the Constitutional rights of Monsanto gave them the power to successfully sue the state."
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1,000 Rallies in 100 Countries 'Connect the Dots' on Extreme Weather & Climate Change
From Pakistan to Colorado to Mongolia, concerned citizens gathered to 'Connect the Dots' in a series of creative protests last Saturday. The event yielded some amazing photos—take a look:
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Mitt Romney Blames Regulation for Fishermen's Woes, Ignores Overfishing Entirely
Romney doesn't get that it's not regulation that's hurt the fishing industry in the US, but overfishing itself.
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Occupy's May Day: Tens of Thousands Protest the Mess that's Being Made of the Planet
May Day showed that the thirst for grassroots protest is still growing, and that public anger is aimed at banks, DC, and the polluting 1%. Can it be harnessed?
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"Charles Manson Still Believes in Global Warming. Do You?" Dumbest Anti-Climate Campaign. Ever.
The Heartland Institute, a conservative think tank, buys a series of billboards that compares people who believe in climate change to mass murderers. Stay classy, HI.
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The Top Five Anti-Environment Objectives of ALEC
The American Legislative Exchange Council has at least five "model bills" waiting in the wings to roll back environmental protections for the benefit of polluting industry. Take a look:
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EPA Official Resigns Over "Crucify" Remarks, Breathes Life Into "Job-Killing" Myth
The GOP's crusade against the Environmental Protection Agency has culminated in the lose of a regional administrator's job.
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Ecuador's Unique Plan to Forego Oil Extraction to Save Critical Forests (Video)
Plenipotentiary representative of Ecuador, Ivonne Baki, explains how the Yasuni Initiative will work and why it's so important.
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Watch Your Breath: The 10 Most Polluted Cities in the Nation
The American Lung Association breaks down the most polluted cities in the U.S. by ozone and particulate pollution. There's a good chance you live in one of them: 40% of Americans do.
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Obama Says His Re-election Campaign Will Call for Action on Climate Change
Obama tells Rolling Stone that he's planning on making climate issues part of his reelection campaign—which could make for a shrewd political move.
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Lessons for the USA in Alberta Election: People Don't Like Extremism, Even In Conservative Territory
Cities, Centrists and undecideds run from party tainted by homophobia, racism and climate skepticism
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Want an Example of How to End Energy Poverty? Replace Old Inefficient Biomass Cooking Stoves
When 25,000 more efficient cook stoves were distributed in Peru by UNDP and the national government, 41,000 tons of CO2 were eliminated and the lives of women and girls improved.
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Earth Day Gets #Occupied
#Occupy Wall Street interrupted regularly scheduled corporate Earth Day programming, and offered a glimpse of the grassroots environmental activism the event was originally about.
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Mexico Unanimously Passes New Climate & Energy Law
Somehow this one passed us by, a pretty glaring omission: Mexico has passed a serious climate change and renewable energy law. It's just the second time that a nation has put long-term climate targets into national law.
