The World We Share

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Pushed left by backers of Senator Bernie Sanders, Democratic leaders adopted a draft platform over the weekend that commits the party to a more aggressive stance on climate change—more aggressive, in some areas, than the positions of

An Army veteran used his battlefield skills to save the life of America’s national bird-a bald eagle-and, just in time for the most patriotic holiday, July 4th. Jason Galvin used a rifle to shoot through a rope, freeing the eagle that had been trapped in a treetop for at least two days. WATCH: Eagle Snatches

Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Ed Markey has introduced a bill to enhance to create a federal “climate change education program” to make sure American high schoolers are “climate literate” about man-made global warming. Markey wants the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a nationwide education program for school kids “about climate change and its

More than a dozen former Bernie Sanders presidential campaign staff members have decided to hook up with a green group funded and founded by mega-wealthy liberal Tom Steyer. Zack Malitz, who headed-up Sanders’ digital organizing team and is now shifting focus to environmental group NextGen Climate, said he and other former Sanders staffers are bringing

This story was originally published by New Republic and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On March 31, Hillary Clinton held a rally at SUNY Purchase College, just north of New York City. As she worked the rope line after her speech, she stopped to shake hands with supporters and was