Bill Ryan, 92 years old, explains why he got himself arrested blocking the construction of a large coal mine that will help destroy civilization.

Considering how many people that mine will kill, even violent activities to prevent it from operating are justified by the necessity doctrine: to prevent a greater crime.

Greenpeace has shown that the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil is more greenwashing than real environmental protection.

Pretending to compensate the rainforest destruction with theoretical carbon emission reductions elsewhere is a typical swindle. This is why we need an emissions tax rather than "carbon trading".

An Australian elected official says that the thugs are intimidating her meetings with the public.

Look at the amazing gall of the thug's response: the thugs are good guys by definition, regardless of what they do. This is the impunity that enables thugs to get away with so much violence.

Egypt's persecution of al-Jazeera journalists follows the path of the United States, which tortured al-Jazeera journalists and accused them of "terrorism".

With global heating, the world's large tropical and semitropical cities face a shortage of fresh water and inundation with sea water.

I might prefer inundation in sea water, even if it is fatal, to staying alive in the horrible heat.