In Pursuit of a Big Border Wall
The Trump administration signaled on Aug. 1 that it will push forward with its border wall project regardless of environmental laws. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a waiver…
The Story of Planetary Sabotage
Climate deniers are fast running out of deception and lies. Recently, an exhaustive report by the Energy and Policy Institute revealed that public utilities have been aware of the dangers…
Outrage Over Environmental Deregulations for Border Wall
The Trump administration has already taken aim at a number of Obama-era environmental rules that protect the public water supply and safeguard children from dangerous pollutants at the behest of…
We Need Thoreau Now More Than Ever
Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts two hundred years ago on July 12th, and America needs Thoreau now more than ever. With president Trump waging a relentless war…
Native Solidarity After Standing Rock
Last year I was honored to visit the ancestral homelands of the Standing Rock Sioux, where water protectors put their lives on the line in defense of clean water and…
GOP Administration Buy Outs Will Weaken EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency has sent letters to 182 staffers in its Midwest regional office offering buyouts or early retirements as part of the Trump administration’s plans to drastically reduce…
Delaying Regulations on Methane, Again
Earthjustice sued the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on July 10th, over its decision to delay regulations on methane, a major greenhouse gas. Delays of critical environmental protections have become…
In Honduras, Homo Homini Lupus
Homo homini lupus is a Latin proverb used to illustrate the level of cruelty human beings can show to fellow members of their species. It means man is a wolf…
The Real Value of Our Public Lands
Camping is one of this nation’s great equalizers. Whether you camp with the latest, most expensive gear, or you hang a tarp and sleep in the bed of a pickup…
United States Denying ‘Future to Upcoming Generations’
As the United Nations this week warned the world’s ocean are “under threat as never before” from global warming and other human activity, Bolivian President Evo Morales took direct aim…