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![Fausto Limon looks at his bean plants, knowing they need more fertilizer, but lacking the money to buy it, in Veracruz, Mexico.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/fausto06b-1-400x300.jpg)
US Corporations Pump Aquifers Dry as Police Kill Water Defenders in Rural Mexico
Farmers are risking their lives to fight back against the US-owned factory farms that are destroying Mexico’s water.
![Event medics respond to a heat-related call after a person passed out while waiting in line ahead of Republican Presidential nominee former President Donald Trump's campaign rally at the Bojangles Coliseum on July 24, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0725-trump-rally-heat-400x300.jpg)
Dozens of Trump Backers Required Medical Attention Due to Heat at NC Rally
Trump is a noted denier of the climate crisis, frequently decrying climate change as a “hoax.”
![People cool off at a fountain in the Madrid Río Park amid heat wave conditions in Madrid on July 23, 2024. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said the global average surface air temperature on July 21 was 17.09 degrees Celsius, a fraction above the previous record set in 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0723-heat-400x300.jpg)
July 21 Was Earth’s Hottest Day on Record
As of June 2024, the past 13 months have all been the hottest on record.
![Guests attend a rally hosted by Free Soil at the Iowa State Capitol building to oppose building a CO2 pipeline, on January 10, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1923430173-400x300.jpg)
Farmers Fight a Hazardous Carbon-Capture Pipeline in Rural Midwest
Opposition has delayed the project, but recent approval by Iowa officials has breathed new life into the undertaking.
![Hot summer day and forty degrees Celsius on a thermometer. Thermometer in summer day shows high temperature degree with sun in background.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1397483660-400x300.jpg)
27 States Let Utilities Shut Off Electricity for Nonpayment During Heat Waves
For people who struggle to access or afford air conditioning, the rising need for cooling is a growing crisis.
![Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump walks on the stage during the Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 18, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2161994758-400x300.jpg)
The Staggering Nihilism of the GOP’s Climate Policy Was on Display This Week
The Republican Party platform unveiled this week says -- in all caps, of course -- that “We will DRILL, BABY, DRILL.”
![This banner, displayed at a community meeting in the Sierra Norte, says, "The Sierra Norte of Puebla can't be sold nor rented out – Nahua and Totonaco Indigenous Peoples."](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/IMG_8939-400x300.jpg)
Land Defenders Shut Down a Toxic Mine. Now Its Corporate Backers Want Damages.
A Canadian firm is demanding $200 million in damages from Mexico following the cancellation of its mining concessions.
![A car drives past the Marathon El Paso petroleum refinery on September 20, 2023, in El Paso, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0718-refinery-400x300.jpg)
In 1977, Oil Giant Predicted Climate Change Could Lead to Widespread Starvation
The revelation comes as the industry faces multiple lawsuits for covering up its knowledge about climate change.
![A Baytown resident wears a sticker that reads Exxon is not a good neighbor as residents spoke during formal public comments about the Exxon Mobil Corporations Baytown Olefins Plant on February 5, 2024, in Baytown, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1993004569-400x300.jpg)
Big Oil Is Pulling Out All the Stops to Block Lawsuits Demanding Accountability
Fossil fuel corporations are teaming up with far right activists to hide their climate deception and block lawsuits.
![An aerial view of the Whinstone U.S. Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas, on October 9, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1235926785-3-400x300.jpg)
Crypto Mining Is Creating an Environmental Crisis for Black Texas Communities
Energy companies plan to build new fossil fuel plants in communities of color to meet the demands of crypto mining.