Don鈥檛 Let Trump Distract You: Public Comment on DAPL Is Now Open
Now until Feb. 20 is the public鈥檚 chance to push for a full review of the pipeline鈥檚 climate impacts. Here鈥檚 what to do.
Environment
The Spirit of Standing Rock on the Move
People from more than 300 tribes traveled to the North Dakota plains to pray and march in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux. Back home, each tribe faces its own version of the 鈥渂lack snake鈥� and a centuries-old struggle to survive.
Is It Time the National Parks Broke Up With Cars?
America's national parks are overcrowded and underfunded. Would banning cars improve everyone鈥檚 experience?
From Grocery Stores to Labor Unions, Cooperatives Were the Answer
Worker-ownership economics catch on in Ohio, Nevada, and North Carolina.
Obama鈥檚 Quiet Climate Legacy: A $5 Trillion College Divestment Campaign
Inspired by a president they propelled to office, college students have led a successful effort to pressure institutions to divest from fossil fuels.
Why Your Urine Is Too Good to Waste
Almost all of the nitrogen and phosphorous we ingest comes out of our bodies 鈥� what if we could return it to the soil?
Utah鈥檚 New National Monument Marks Big Win for the Protection of Indigenous Cultural Sites
By permanently protecting an area rich in indigenous cultural history, Obama has shown that some things are worth more than money.
This Small Town Refused to Settle for Wal-Mart When Its Last Local Grocery Store Closed
After 10 years without an independent grocery store, the residents of Iola, Kansas, found a way to bring one back.
10 Indigenous and Environmental Struggles鈥擜nd How You Can Help in 2017
Whom to call, what to donate, and where to show up.
Call for Submissions: 鈥淪anctuary Communities鈥�
Send us your ideas by Jan. 25.
20 Photos: My Seven Months of Living at Standing Rock
The community we have built here has taught many how to live a large-scale sustainable, decolonized, anticapitalist lifestyle.
New Year, New President, and Our Promise
We represent nonpartisan, independent journalism. Even in the darkest times, you can depend on us to report on solutions that can heal the planet and improve the lives of the many.
It Wasn鈥檛 All Bad: 5 Signs of Positive Change in 2016
The election divided the year into 鈥渂efore鈥� and 鈥渁fter.鈥� But there remain signs of hope for 2017.
From Growing Edible Forests to Banking Heirloom Seeds, Solutions to Keeping Your Food Local
Three creative ways to strengthen local food economies.
Standing Rock Prepared Us for Trump鈥檚 Billionaires and Oil Giants
Continuing to shrink our oil consumption is one way to challenge the oil uber alles mentality of the Trump administration.
7 Things the Defund DAPL Campaign Has Achieved So Far (Including $28 Million in Personal Accounts Moved)
Public and consumer pressure on banks to quit financing the Dakota Access pipeline companies is producing results.
Arctic Waters Have Been Rescued From Drilling, But What About the Land?
Time is running out for Obama to say no to Big Oil and permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge鈥攁nd the people who depend on it.
Why I Kneeled Before Standing Rock Elders and Asked For Forgiveness
鈥淲e fought you. We took your land. We signed treaties that we broke 鈥� But we鈥檝e come to say that we are sorry.鈥�
The Fix-It Shop Where Neighbors Repair Your Clothes and Electronics
Three years ago, they started a program to keep salvageable goods from landfills by harnessing the community鈥檚 collective skills to fix them.
Wisconsin Tribe Halts $1.5 Billion Open-Pit Mine
To protect vital wetlands, the Ojibwe tribe and local scientists and activists pressured industry to abandon plans for what would have harmed thousands of species of plants and animals.
In One of the Nation鈥檚 Unhealthiest Places, This Hospital Prescribes Fresh Food From Its Own Farm
In an industry usually focused on medicine and procedures, a Philadelphia-area hospital decided what its patients needed was a farm and advice about food.
Seattle Takes Steps to Divest $3 Billion From Wells Fargo Over Standing Rock
The proposal will be voted on next month and could have broader implications to ensure the city partners with socially responsible businesses.
A Last Resort That Might Work: Small Town Votes In Community Bill of Rights to Ban Fracking
Opposing a pipeline, residents in Waterville, Ohio, passed a new law to protect their right to clean air, water, and soil.
What Happens After a Kinder Morgan Pipeline Approval? Anger, Then Strategy
In a moment like this, direct action needs to call attention to a moral crisis that demands intervention, much like what we're seeing at Standing Rock.
How Standing Rock Has Changed Us
As we work toward a post-fossil fuel society, we can look to these lessons from the Sioux.
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