The FBI surveilled Chicago activists' activities related to the effort to stop Atlanta's Cop City, labeling activists as “Anarchist Violent Extremists” and “Environmental Violent Extremists.” The documents, obtained by FOIA request, released
Shrimpers, fishermen, and climate and environmental justice advocates took to the water outside a liquefied methane industry gathering in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to call attention to the dangers posed to their communities,
On the afternoon of August 6, 2012, a thick black plume grew over Richmond, California, 10 miles northeast of San Francisco. As the air grew thick with smoke, residents instinctively knew the
A plan to construct a $90 million police training center at the South River Forest in Atlanta is facing resistance from residents, who say “Cop City” would threaten the community in more
A massive and controversial petrochemical plant in St. James Parish, Louisiana, must complete a rigorous environmental impact statement if it is to obtain a key permit, the Army Corps of Engineers announced
Environmental activists temporarily shut down construction of the already over-budget and behind schedule Mountain Valley Pipeline in southwestern Virginia on Monday. Organizers with the group Appalachians Against Pipelines said 10 people locked
Activist investors have secured a third seat on the ExxonMobil board of directors, according to preliminary results released by the company Wednesday. Engine No. 1, a small, activist hedge fund that has
Amazon illegally fired two employees after they publicly criticized the company for its lack of action on climate change and its failure to protect warehouse workers from the novel coronavirus, the National
Last week, students and youth activists took part in the first big Fridays For Future climate action since the coronavirus pandemic began. The strikes, scheduled in at least 3,500 locations around the
A record number of environmental activists were killed last year, according to a report released Wednesday by the NGO Global Witness. The 2019 total of 212 activists killed (more than four per
Ukrainian activist and lawyer Svitlana Romanko was barred from entering the CERAWeek oil and gas conference in Houston last week. Romanko helped launch the Stand with Ukraine campaign, which sought to ban
Activists called for an end to fossil fuels in the Gulf and demanded a clean, respect for Indigenous rights, and an equitable energy transition outside of the annual CERAWeek conference in Houston
Ben Jealous has spent much of his career fighting for voting rights and prison reform. Now, as he takes the helm of the Sierra Club, he’s thinking about other ways to fight
The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed the first-ever sale of offshore wind leases in the Gulf of Mexico, a significant step toward achieving its goal of building 30 gigawatts of offshore wind
At least one person was killed by, and several others were rescued from, flash floods in Kentucky last week. The deluge, which dropped more than three inches of rain in some places,
The proposed Rio Grande LNG export facility near Port Isabel, Texas, would pollute their community and local environment, hurt the local shrimping and tourism industries, and exacerbate climate change, community advocates say.
Before the freeways came in, Bronzeville, on Milwaukee’s North Side, was a vibrant neighborhood known for its restaurants, bars and jazz scene. The area had been home to successive waves of immigrants
The Ugandan government approved a construction application for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline on Monday. The controversial pipeline would transport oil nearly 900 miles from Ugandan oilfields to a port on
Police shot and killed a protester during a sweep to clear a wooded area outside Atlanta to make way for "Cop City", a new $90 million training facility on Wednesday. Protesters have
Police forcibly removed the protesters desperately trying to block the demolition of Luetzerath, Germany to make way for a coal mine, including prominent climate activist Greta Thunberg on Saturday. The last two