The Amazon rainforest has been referred to as “” and is currently on fire. G-7 host Emanuel Macron called the fires an “international crisis.” In order to address this crisis, Group of…
The centrist “New Democrat Coalition” wants America to know it is serious about the climate crisis, and only supports realistic solutions, like submarines that make icebergs. “The Green New Deal is aspirational,”…
When Democrats are at odds with Amazon, they usually mean the internet retailer and not the rainforest. But as massive wildfires threaten the most biodiverse wilderness in the world, Democrats have shied…
Scientists say Earth is in the midst of its sixth mass extinction event, with plant and animal species dying off at a rapid rate. The Trump administration’s latest action could make it…
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has so far resisted calls to hold a Democratic presidential debate specifically on global warming. But Democrats in Miami-Dade County, Florida aren’t letting the DNC off easy.…
A new report from a UN committee finds that approximately one million species face extinction in the coming decades specifically due to human activity. This would amount to roughly 12.5% of Earth’s…
(EDITOR’S NOTE, 4/25/19, 7:30 PM ET: This is the fourth installment in Grit Post’s series commemorating the five-year anniversary of the Flint Water Crisis, about Flint residents fighting court battles against various…
What are you doing for Earth Day? I’ve been asked this several times over the past few weeks, and it has me reflecting back on the times that led up to the…
(EDITOR’S NOTE, 4/16/19, 11:07 AM ET: This is the third installment of Grit Post’s series commemorating the five-year anniversary of the Flint Water Crisis, about the role environmental racism played in the…
(EDITOR’S NOTE, 4/13/19, 10:14 PM ET: The headline of this article has been changed from “Natural History Museum to Honor Brazilian Leader Who Wants to Mine Amazon Rainforest” to “Natural History Museum…