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Online Shopping Is Poisoning the Air, But Electric Vehicles Can Help

This photo from 2015 shows a vast industrial area that includes numerous logistics facilities near homes in the Rancho Cucamonga and Fontana area of California.

Two recent wins in Southern California show that e-commerce doesn’t have to come at the expense of people’s health if the industry shifts to an electric future.

How Bitcoin is Heating This Lake and Warming the Planet

Seneca Lake in upstate New York is drawing attention to Bitcoin's impact on the environment. A nearby Bitcoin mining plant is heating the lake waters -- and the climate.

Bitcoin is bringing dirty power plants out of retirement. Earthjustice is fighting this new trend in order to put an end to fossil fuels once and for all.

Artists Created a Virtual 360° Gallery to Inspire Climate Joy

photo of 10 pipe-shaped stoneware and porcelain vessels assembled in the shape of a sacred circle

They’re bringing color, form, and story to a call for climate justice.

How Asian American Farmers Shaped Our Cultural Food Landscape

Ernestina and Bishan Singh's family, photographed in 1932.

Punjabi-Mexican farmers revolutionized agriculture in California. We don’t talk about their contributions enough.

Biden Says ‘I’m in!’ for Protecting Wolves

He’s looking for guidance on how to do it. We have some ideas

What It’s Like to Be Boxed In By Amazon

The e-commerce warehouses clustered in the Inland Empire inflict "slow violence" on surrounding communities, says Anthony Victoria-Midence, communications director at the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice.

As online shopping booms, warehouse workers and communities near internet retail logistics centers are demanding solutions to protect their health and environment.

Is Climate Change Confusing the Cicadas?

Coming soon to a backyard near you: This cicada and billions of his closest friends.

You might hear their chorus on a different schedule as the planet heats up.

What’s Killing All the Wildlife?

Photo of Steller sea lions jumping from a rock ledge into the Northern Pacific Ocean

Fighting the biodiversity crisis isn’t just about saving the bees or the whales.

Ways to Help Fight Anti-Black Police Violence

Anti-violence demonstrators gather near the White House on June 3, 2020 in the wake of the George Floyd's killing by Minneapolis police.

“Historically White environmental organizations that once looked away from environmental racism are finally joining a larger, urgent struggle for justice.”