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By Codi Kozacek A year after the most intense bloom of toxic algae on record engulfed Lake Erie, the lake is set to get a reprieve this summer. Federal forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict this year’s bloom will register a 5.5 in severity, about half the level recorded last year and […]

By Michelle Schoffro Cook Who doesn’t love ginger cookies or spice cake? The signature ginger flavor adds a delightful taste to almost anything to which it is added. But taste is not the only reason to love this amazing spice. Not only is ginger a delicious addition to food, it is also one of the […]

Several weeks ago, on June 17, I provided testimony about the threat of human-caused climate change to the Democratic Party Platform drafting committee in Phoenix, Arizona. Fittingly, my testimony was just one day before record heat struck Phoenix. At the beginning of my testimony, I made the point, using slightly lofty language appropriate for the […]

“Dr. Hyman, I’m so confused about coffee,” writes this week’s house call. “One day I read that it’s so bad for me and the next it’s good for me. Why all the conflicting information?” Let’s face it: Americans love their coffee, which is the number one source of antioxidants in our diet—which actually makes me […]

In the escalating ballot battle between the drilling industry and Colorado communities, new records show that energy companies are spending millions of dollars to stop anti-fracking measures in the state. Environmental groups are currently gathering signatures on two statewide measures, 75 and 78, to appear on Colorado’s November ballot. The first initiative would amend the […]

By Salvador Edgardo Zuniga Cáceres It has been four months since the murder of environmental and Indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres and her killers have still not been brought to justice. Instead, the violence continues—on July 7, another activist from Berta Cáceres‘ organization was abducted and killed. Berta Cáceres in 2015.Goldman Environmental Prize / Tim […]

Farmed salmon is an industry shrouded in secrecy, producing more questions than answers and threatening the native salmon population, according to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s Operation Virus Hunter. Sea Shepherd along with biologist Alexandra Morton and actor/activist Pamela Anderson—Sea Shepherd’s board chairman—are behind the new campaign to investigate the lawfulness of salmon farming. Morton, as […]

A cleanup crew recovered 200 tons of trash from just 12 miles of Alaska‘s coastline around Prince William Sound. Gulf of Alaska Keeper (GoAK), a nonprofit dedicated to picking up debris around the state, filled 1,200 “super sacks” and collected thousands of buoys, marine debris specialist Scott Groves said. The group spent a month at […]