
By Ben Jealous — Dorothy Gibbs chanted “save our parks” from her wheelchair while holding a sign that read “97 years old, still fighting for public lands!” She was among…
By Ben Jealous — Dorothy Gibbs chanted “save our parks” from her wheelchair while holding a sign that read “97 years old, still fighting for public lands!” She was among…
By Ben Jealous — As they say in horror movies, the call is coming from inside the house. Under Donald Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reversed its own…
By Ben Jealous — My grandfather’s first cousin was Lieutenant Colonel Howard Lee Baugh. Cousin Howard was part of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, the first unit of the Tuskegee Airmen….
By Ben Jealous — Note to every American: Keeping coal plants open – never mind bringing more online – kills people. And closing coal plants saves lives. It also saves…
By Ben Jealous — It was February 14. But what nearly 400 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees got that day were not Valentines. They were pink slips. The firings touched…
By Ben Jealous — The climate crisis is costing all of us a lot of money in our everyday lives. Higher utility bills. Higher healthcare costs. Housing prices skyrocketing in…
By Ben Jealous — “As we address the aftermath of the wildfires, let us resolve not just to build back better but also smarter, with a commitment to the environment…
By Ben Jealous — Ratepayers beware. Team Trump’s eagerness to enrich his fossil fuel industry cronies with his “drill baby drill” (and export baby export) agenda is going to raise energy…
By Ben Jealous — It is official: 2024 was the hottest year on record. Temperatures not only surpassed 2023 as the previous hottest year, they leapt – for the first time…
By Ben Jealous — It may be the dead of winter, but when we think about our beaches none of us want to picture them covered in oil. That is…
By Ben Jealous — The incoming Trump administration is supposedly interested in “efficiency.” It has a whole quasigovernmental department – the Elon Musk- and Vivek Ramaswamy-chaired Department of Government Efficiency…
By Ben Jealous — The state of Alabama destroyed their homes. Your federal tax dollars helped pay for it. We are checking back in on the historic Black Shiloh community in Elba,…