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The Right Wing’s Latest Target in Its War on Education? Teaching Climate Change.
Climate change education is in the right’s crosshairs just as the movement to teach it is getting off the ground.
Chomsky and Pollin: Just Transition Can Stop Earth From Becoming Uninhabitable
We must act now to heed the UN secretary-general’s warning that climate change is "making our planet uninhabitable."
Top Insurance CEOs Took Home $335 Million Last Year, Fueled by Stock Buybacks
Fresh outrage over the pay of insurance industry CEOs comes amid a renewed Medicare for All push in Congress.
“The Climate Crisis Is Here”: Wildfire Smoke Blankets Eastern Half of US
“This is not about our grandchildren anymore,” wrote activist group Climate Defiance.
Merck Sues Government, Saying Plan to Lower Medicare Drug Prices Is “Extortion”
The company claims that the plan to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices violates the First and Fifth Amendments.
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Industry Challenge to California Offshore Fracking Ban
Lower courts ruled that fracking for oil and gas in the Pacific Ocean could pose a threat to marine life.
A Global Plastics Treaty Must Target Plastic Production to Fight Climate Change
A new report says a 75 percent cut in plastics is needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Biden Debt Ceiling Deal Clears Way for Climate Killing Mountain Valley Pipeline
Indigenous and environmental activists who have fought the dangerous pipeline project for years vowed to continue.
Billionaire Sackler Family Gets Immunity From Civil Lawsuits Over Opioid Crisis
The billionaire Sacklers own Purdue Pharma, maker of the highly addictive opioid OxyContin.
Colorado River Is on Life Support, and 40 Million People Depend on It for Water
Vulnerable communities may be at risk of reduced water supply under a new Colorado River agreement.
Denial Isn’t an Effective Health Care Strategy, Say People With Long COVID
Gaslighting and disbelief make long COVID worse for people living with long-term effects from the virus.
Supreme Court “Sackett” Decision Shrinks Protections for US Wetlands
This narrow interpretation of the Clean Water Act limits what qualifies as "waters of the United States."
Climate Groups Slam Debt Ceiling Deal as “Surrender” to Big Oil
The deal requires approval for the Mountain Valley Pipeline and weakens government ability to stop future projects.