The environmental movement—green-minded politicians, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, writers, volunteers, and advocacy ...

President Donald Trump’s enforcement of anti-environmentalist policies is nothing new. He started his second term by removing almost all mentions of climate change from the Environmental Protection ...

The first piece of legislation to lay down federal regulation of water quality, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, is passed by Congress. This act, known as the FWPCA , will go through ...

During a summer of energy challenges and extreme climate events, the Natural Resources Defense Fund actively advocates for a nuclear power plant to close in California. Progressive climate activists ...

Recently, six female activists received the Goldman Environmental Award for the year 2026. How does this highlight the role ...

It was exactly four decades ago this month that Rev. Ben Chavis, while sitting in a Warren County jail for driving too slow, came up with the term “environmental racism.” Chavis ended up in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year since 1970, Earth Day has been celebrated as a way to commemorate the environmental protection movement and to bring ...

When Dollie Burwell, now 74, reflects back on the Warren County protests, she thinks about the Black women who led and supported the protesters. For six weeks in 1982, Burwell and hundreds of others ...

In 1962, a former marine biologist published a book that would alter the way millions of Americans, and eventually people around the world, understood humanity’s relationship with nature. The book ...

Bevington’s own position is clear: “Grassroots biodiversity groups have been the unsung heroes of American environmentalism during the past twenty years.” He describes these groups as “small, radical ...