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With All Eyes on Ukraine, the Fight Against Climate Change Is Falling Behind
If the world's most powerful countries don't pull together soon on climate action, we're all in the deepest of trouble.
Noam Chomsky: Russia’s War Against Ukraine Has Accelerated the Doomsday Clock
The Doomsday Clock — an assessment of our vulnerability to nuclear catastrophe — is now set at 100 seconds to midnight.
Destruction of Amazon Rainforest Accelerates as Elections Loom in Brazil
Deforestation of the Amazon, a major carbon sink, is a threat to Indigenous people and life everywhere.
Ocasio-Cortez Calls for Clarence Thomas to Resign Over Wife’s Ties to January 6
She warned that if Democrats don’t act against the Supreme Court justice now, it could come back to bite them.
Iron Workers Union Files Nearly 150 Labor Charges Against One Trucking Company
The Iron Workers Union says that welders’ experience with G&D Integrated is the perfect case for labor law reform.
The Ghost of Enron Haunts Joe Manchin’s Coal Fortune
For decades, Joe Manchin has been getting rich off a particularly dirty breed of coal.
Clarence Thomas Backed Trump in Court While Ginni Thomas Backed Coup Attempt
We must ask: What did Clarence Thomas know, and when did he know it?
Texans Have Been Traveling to Oklahoma for Abortions, But a New Ban Looms There
Local providers are already at their limit. The ban would have massive ramifications for people across the region.
US Oil Firms Set to Reap Up to $126 Billion in Extra Profits Amid War on Ukraine
Rep. Ro Khanna is pushing for a Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax to stop such rampant profiteering.
Ukrainian Climate Activists Say They Don’t Want the US’s Fracked Gas Exports
Impacted climate activists say we need a wartime mobilization for clean energy, not a fracked gas surge to Europe.