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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every year since 1970, Earth Day has been celebrated as a way to commemorate the environmental protection movement and to bring attention to pollution, conservation, and sustainability-related issues.

The equivalent at a nurses’ convention would be having Florence Nightingale in attendance. For an auto show, perhaps Henry Ford. It was Grace Lee Boggs for hundreds of environmental justice advocates ...

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 ...

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 ...

My wife, Harriet is a professional environmentalist. She has a degree from the University of London, worked in the UK government’s Sustainable Development Commission under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, ...

Latino Conservation Week highlights the contributions of Latinos in caring for the environment, while encouraging the community’s culture of stewardship. Here’s how NPCA supports Latino engagement ...

While President Biden has called climate change an existential threat, his proposals for addressing it remain modest relative to the enormity of the problem. In part, that’s because he’s taken off the ...