Op-Eds

The United Nations has an opportunity to address plastic pollution on an international level. Will it finally act?

This heavily exploited species just got a temporary reprieve, but new protections come with a ticking clock.

It’s time to overhaul the chemical industry — for the sake of fenceline communities and the rest of the planet.

The Environmental Protection Agency can help protect millions of people who live near industrial facilities — but only if it works now to strengthen an important federal chemical policy.

The state’s recently passed Climate and Equitable Jobs Act offers a model for other states to build coalitions to help communities and the planet.

Any work to achieve human-rights gains will be upended unless we address our climate and biodiversity crises.

The new infrastructure bill would fund new habitat for pollinators — and help people and wildlife in the process.

Those fighting to protect the planet face intense police repression that's funded by private corporations.

Harmful fisheries subsidies push species to extinction, fuel food insecurity, and worsen the climate crisis.

American fisheries feed an intense global demand for shark fins. A new bill could help close several critical gaps in the rules.