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Environment
The Climate Crisis Has Made Breathing Smoke Normal in Pacific Northwest
Summer in the Pacific Northwest has become the season of wildfires and unbreathable smoky air.
Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez and Blumenauer Demand Climate Emergency Declaration
Climate disruption will cause the collapse of civilization this century if we fail to transform our society.
We Need a Green New Deal to Defeat Fascism and Reverse Inequality
Economist Robert Pollin explains why the Green New Deal is the only viable response to global socioeconomic crises.
Current Investigation of ExxonMobil Could Spur Broader Climate Action
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a state-led investigation into ExxonMobil’s climate change deception.
Climate Crisis Disasters Now Occur Weekly, UN Warns
The Sunrise Movement declared: “This is an emergency. We need political leadership that acts like it.”
Philadelphia Explosion Underscores Danger of Refineries Using Hydrogen Fluoride
Philadelphia is not the only place where hydrogen fluoride has recently posed risks during industrial accidents.
High-Impact Opportunities Exist to Restore Tropical Rainforests Around the World
Replenishing forests is an urgent global imperative.
AOC’s Green New Deal Is Just the Start. Next Let’s Make It Global.
The U.S. needs to play a chief role in spurring a global Green New Deal alongside a domestic one.
How USDA Climate Change Denial Threatens the South
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has withheld from the public dozens of climate-change related studies.
There Is No Such Thing as a Green War
We must merge the anti-war, climate and refugee solidarity movements.