‘Case closed’: Robert Reich ex...

Nov 6, 2019 by

[Translate] Image via Wikimedia Commons. Written by Robert Reich / Robert Reich’s Blog November 5, 2019 Trump has asked a...

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Massive Oil Spill Turns Brazil...

Nov 5, 2019 by

One by one, the golden beaches in northeastern Brazil have begun to turn black. Thick clumps of oil have been washing ashore since late August, killing marine animals, threatening the livelihoods of coastal communities and tainting 2,500 kilometers of coastline spanning nine Brazilian states.

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Sonny and Donnie: Down on the ...

Nov 5, 2019 by

Government by the rich is called plutocracy.

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Bill McKibben on U.S. Withdraw...

Nov 5, 2019 by

The Trump administration notified the United Nations Monday that it would withdraw the U.S. from the historic Paris climate agreement, starting a year-long process to leave the international pact to fight the climate crisis.

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Rising Sea Levels Pose Threat ...

Nov 5, 2019 by

The figure is based on new analysis and more than three times the previous estimate.

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Why New Delhi’s air is always ...

Nov 5, 2019 by

India’s capital city of New Delhi has been making headlines this week for its abysmal air quality as the concentration of particulate matter reached above 400 micrograms per cubic meter, 20 times the levels deemed healthy by the World Health Organization and the worst the city has seen since 2016.

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Scramble for propane marks Mot...

Nov 5, 2019 by

Months after historic floods ravaged the U.S. Midwest, farmers scrambling to harvest their crops face a new headache: finding fuel to dry their soaked grains.

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Former GOP rep says Fox News i...

Nov 5, 2019 by

Former Rep. Joe Walsh, R-Ill., who announced in August that he would compete against President Donald Trump for the 2020 GOP nomination, has accused Fox News and conservative radio of lying about the impeachment inquiry.

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Meet the MythBuster for climat...

Nov 5, 2019 by

Back in 2008, Stéphane Dion, the leader of Canada’s Liberal Party, asked the economist Mark Jaccard for his advice on climate policy. Dion wanted to put a carbon tax at the center of his campaign to become prime minister.

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Trump officially turned his ba...

Nov 4, 2019 by

The Trump White House has made it official, giving notice that it will pull out of the Paris climate agreement and leave the United States as the only nation in the world failing to participate.

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How Washington keeps America s...

Nov 4, 2019 by

Food is closely linked to health, yet federal nutrition research is underfunded, even as the costs of diet-related diseases are skyrocketing. Does Washington hold the key to solving the obesity crisis?

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San Francisco’s Unhoused Peopl...

Nov 4, 2019 by

[Translate] TRUTHOUT By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Reading List Immigration The US Will Soon Dump Many Asylum Seekers in Guatemala...

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200+ Simple And Practical Ways...

Nov 4, 2019 by

Want to make a difference and save more water? Find over 200 effective methods here!

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Here are 9 of the biggest bomb...

Nov 4, 2019 by

[Translate] President Donald J. Trump points to the crowd and claps his hands as he disembarks Air Force One Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019,...

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Robert Reich: The real divide ...

Nov 4, 2019 by

[Translate] Image via Screengrab. Written by Robert Reich / Robert Reich’s Blog November 4, 2019 In the conventional view of...

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Here’s why Twitter’s political...

Nov 4, 2019 by

If you’re fortunate enough not to have a Twitter account, then you might have missed the news that the website’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, took the unprecedented step of banning political ads last week.

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E.P.A. Weakens Rules Governing...

Nov 4, 2019 by

The Trump administration on Monday moved to weaken an Obama-era regulation aimed at limiting the seepage of toxic pollution into water supplies from the ash of coal burning power plants, a change that coal industry leaders say could keep plants open longer and which environmental groups fear will increase the risk of water contamination.

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Trump Just Threatened to Pull ...

Nov 4, 2019 by

Another Sunday morning, another stupid tweet.

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Modern Cities Breed Alienation...

Nov 2, 2019 by

From a young age, consumerist settings are normalized to pair as social spaces.

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Noam Chomsky weighs in on impe...

Nov 2, 2019 by

Noam Chomsky was railing against far-right Republicans and neoliberal corporate Democrats long before Donald Trump became president, but the Trump era has certainly given the veteran journalist/author plenty to talk about.

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Japanese Fisheries Collapsed D...

Nov 1, 2019 by

Scientists announced today that pesticide use on rice fields led to the collapse of a nearby fishery in Lake Shinji, Japan, according to a new study published in the journal Science.

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Even Louisiana’s Wealthier Nei...

Nov 1, 2019 by

Industrial development usually targets poor communities, but Ascension Parish is one of the richest, and most toxic, places in Louisiana. Some residents say the financial benefits of living there outweigh the risks.

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Keystone Pipeline Spills 383,0...

Nov 1, 2019 by

The spill was reported just hours after a key environmental assessment hearing on plans for another controversial pipeline, Keystone XL.

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The Promised Land

Nov 1, 2019 by

Big coal gave a tiny Texas town free land. There’s a major catch.

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Berkeley law bans natural gas ...

Nov 1, 2019 by

[Translate] Natural gas is a significant source of carbon pollution. 01 : 30 MIN SEC By Diana Madson   YALE CLIMATE CONNECTIONS.ORG...

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