Taking down the fossil fuel industry requires taking on the institutions that finance it. Even during a pandemic, this movement is gaining steam

1970 was a simpler time. (February was a simpler time too, but for a moment let’s think outside the pandemic bubble.)

Simpler because our environmental troubles could be easily seen. The air above our cities was filthy, and the water in our lakes and streams was gross. There was nothing subtle about it. In New York City, the environmental lawyer Albert Butzel described a permanently yellow horizon: “I not only saw the pollution, I wiped it off my windowsills.” Or consider the testimony of a city medical examiner: “The person who spent his life in the Adirondacks has nice pink lungs. The city dweller’s are black as coal.” You’ve probably heard of Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River catching fire, but here’s how the former New York governor Nelson Rockefeller described the Hudson south of Albany: “One great septic tank that has been rendered nearly useless for water supply, for swimming, or to support the rich fish life that once abounded there.” Everything that people say about the air and water in China and India right now was said of America’s cities then.

Learning more about flying reptiles that lived more than 200 million years ago could help more efficient drones be developed, scientists have said.

Harvard has a new net-zero by 2050 plan for its endowment. But it’s not yet clear what it will entail, and whether the school will be able to fulfill it.

A new study has found the oil and gas industry has had a far worse impact on the climate than previously believed.

Popular anger at profiteering energy utilities is high. One wind-power pioneer is hoping to harness that sentiment with a funny viral video.

We can and should go back and forth about the merits, demerits, risks and potential rewards of the spectrum of geoengineering techniques, from the simple but slow and effective (like afforestation) to the well, more fraught with potential catastrophic

Ever heard of a 'stranded asset'? They are well known in the world of sustainability, and they can put a dent in your retirement savings.

This integrative technology keeps CO2 out of the atmosphere and makes geothermal energy widely available

Tar sands and thermal coal are out but natural gas and conventional oil can stay. For now...

In the grand scheme of things, $5.9 million is not a huge amount to take from fossil fuels. But when you reinvest in renewables...

Big risks evidently still promise big rewards.

Growing bike sales, a boom in sharing, and an interest in growing your own food are ust some of the signs that we could be moving beyond our current energy paradigm. Add your own to the list.

Oil and gas companies have until 2023 to make 'Paris compatible' plans, or face divestment.

She's made big promises on solar. But will she also break up with fossil fuel lobbyists?

Klein, author of 'This Changes Everything,' launched the Leap Manifesto at the Toronto International Film Festival. Read and sign it here to join the call for a more sustainable and equitable future.

Climate change is already killing people around the world. Now the British Medical Association has vowed to do something about it.

The motion is non-binding, but that doesn't mean it doesn't matter.

This is beginning to get real.

Inspired by massive flooding in the UK, the Church of England is renewing its commitment to fighting climate change. And that's sending a signal to the markets.

Fossil fuel divestment is a moral issue. Religious institutions appear to be taking a stand.

Can we just all put palm oil biodiesel produced on deforested peatlands to rest already: A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme shows that biodiesel production under these

Great cities know the future is renewable.

And we thought it was all about symbolism...

"Being the Change" is proof that weaning oneself off fossil fuels is not only possible, but also joyful and fun for a young suburban family.

A level playing field for renewables is about to get a step closer, at least in Morocco.

The country's onward march of low carbon energy shows no signs of stopping.

Although somewhat symbolic, the new legislation coincides with the 2040 end of gas and diesel vehicle sales.

The aquarium and wildlife rescue center uses a unique heat pump system to cover 98% of its heating needs.

Prices have fallen 12% thanks to this switch to renewables.

Once you have paid for the panels or turbines, renewable power is almost free.

70% of this potent pollutant comes from fossil fuels, not biomass burning.

Solar power has grown up, and it's ready to blow up.

More on why our personal consumption habits matter in the climate emergency.

The new program can learn and classify leaves so well that it could reveal the "tree of life" of ancient plants.

The newfound fossils shed light on the early evolution of one of the planet’s most mysterious amphibians.

As alternatives to Big Oil and Big Coal emerge, it would be a mistake for executives to rely on loyalty or love from the public.

Anti-greens often try to make economic arguments against the big spring-cleaning that our civilization is going through.

Fossil fuel company executives and D.C. politicians have long worked together to ensure coal and oil prices stay low enough to keep Americans hooked. Here's how we can break the addiction.

The Tully Monster is a famously odd 300-million-year-old fossil that looks like an alien, but a new analysis suggests it was a backboned animal like a hagfish or lamprey

Estimated per-case costs of six childhood health conditions linked to air pollution have been first compiled by the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health.

The OECD has welcomed the release by China and the US of peer reviews of their fossil fuel subsidies.

Fossil-fuel subsidies are environmentally harmful, costly, and distortive. After a 3 years downward trend between 2013 and 2016, government support for fossil fuel production and use has risen again, in a threat to efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, and the transition to cleaner and cheaper energy.

Rich people are the leading cause of climate change according to a new study from researchers at the University of Leeds, consuming more for transportation and home energy needs.

Vice-chancellor Louise Richardson said Oxford had to take up the mantle of 'reducing carbon emissions and tackling climate change before it is too late.'

The specimens - which included 15 adults, 5 juveniles and two newborns or fetuses - were unearthed from the Tanque Loma site on the county's Santa Elena peninsula.

The BioCarbon Fund promises to plant trees across a swathe of Himachal Pradesh, amidst questions about the environmental value and fairness of the program. Sudhirendar Sharma reports.

The research, which was published in Current Biology, is aimed at studying about how the reproduction process evolved in the plants over the years.