earth day

Meet the Country’s Solar Co-op Started by Preteens

April M. Short / IMI May 7, 2024 The Phoenix-based organization is helping communities adopt solar energy across the U.S. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Happy Earth Day

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Apr 22, 2019 Dig deeper

Earth Day: Conflict Over the Future of the Planet

Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese / Popular Resistance Apr 22, 2018 It is difficult to look at the state of the planet and the current political leadership and see much hope. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Demand Freedom for Siwatu-Salama Ra

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Apr 19, 2018 The 26-year-old environmental and racial justice activist was unjustly prosecuted and imprisoned, and now, in the third trimester of a high-risk pregnancy, is serving a mandatory two-year sentence. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry’s Fame

BLANK Apr 23, 2016 The arrest of the ice cream giants at Monday’s Democracy Awakening protest in Washington, D.C., went down well. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Happy Earth Day

Paresh Nath, Cagle Cartoons, The Khaleej Times, UAE Apr 21, 2016 Dig deeper

10 Ways to Prove You Love the Earth on Earth Day

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 22, 2015 I was a junior in high school on April 22, 1970, on the first Earth Day, when environmentalism meant something different than it does now. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Earth Day Cleanup

RJ Matson, Cagle Cartoons Apr 23, 2014 Dig deeper

Flush Forward: Harvesting Renewable Energy From Toilets (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2014 Here's a bit of Earth Day news we might one day use: Researchers in South Korea have developed a method of harvesting electricity from the motion of water. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Did Earth Day Blow It?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2013 With apologies to the late Sen. Gaylord Nelson, who is widely credited as the founder of Earth Day, I don't really feel like celebrating. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Power Shift vs. The Powers That Be

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Apr 20, 2011 More than 10,000 people converged in Washington, D.C., this past week to discuss, organize, mobilize and protest around the issue of climate change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )