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Climate Education in New Jersey: 7-Year Olds Are Finding Solutions

New Jersey is the first state to require that climate change be taught at all grade levels. The focus is on problem solving, not doom...

A ‘Rocking Chair Rebellion’: Seniors Call On Banks to Dump Big Oil

Older climate activists gathered in cities around the country for a day of action targeting banks that finance fossil fuel projects.

Earth Now Has 8 Billion Humans. This Man Wishes There Were None.

For the sake of the planet, Les Knight, the founder of the Voluntary Human Extinction movement, has spent decades pushing one message: “May we live...

Targeting artworks

There’s been a string of protests in museums. We’d like to know your views.

When Soup and Mashed Potatoes Are Thrown, Can the Earth Win?

The van Gogh and Monet paintings targeted in recent climate protests were unharmed. But a debate about tactics rages.

Solar Energy Is Helping Schools Make Ends Meet

Public schools are increasingly using savings from solar energy to upgrade facilities, help their communities, and give teachers raises — often with no cost to...

At 75, the Father of Environmental Justice Meets the Moment

The White House has pledged $60 billion to a cause Robert Bullard has championed since the late seventies. He wants guarantees that the money will...

Hey Hey! Ho Ho! These Climate Activists Get Paid to Go.

Some environmental protesters are earning salaries from new nonprofit groups that believe taking it to the streets is more important than ever.

Saving a Texan Bayou, ‘16 Bottles’ at a Time

Bayou Dave, a modern-day Sisyphus, has spent the last dozen years ridding a trash-choked Houston waterway of plastic and Styrofoam.

The Unlikely Ascent of New York’s Compost Champion

An ad led to Domingo Morales falling in love with compost. A windfall is helping him spread the word.
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