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![Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses a rally of striking British workers at Trade Union Congress headquarters on August 31, 2022 in London, England.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_09-09-sanders-speech-400x300.jpg)
Sanders Says He’ll Vote Against Budget Bill If Manchin Pipeline Deal Is Included
Climate advocates have condemned the deal to fast track the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which was previously nearly dead.
![A street remains flooded on August 31, 2021, in Barataria, Louisiana, following Hurricane Ida making landfall.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0908-louisiana-flooding-400x300.jpg)
Sea Rise Will Submerge Hundreds of Thousands of US Homes and Buildings by 2050
A new analysis shows nearly 650,000 individual properties are at risk of falling below tidal boundaries.
![Sen. Joe Manchin speaks to members of the press following the signing of H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, into law in the State Dining Room of the White House on August 16, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0908-joe-manchin-400x300.jpg)
New Report Debunks Manchin’s Claim That Mountain Valley Pipeline Helps Climate
Manchin's massive push for the pipeline “is based on his fossil fuel donors' interests,” the report's coauthor said.
![Illustration of Robert Pollin and Noam Chomsky](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0908-chomsky-pollin-rdb-400x300.jpg)
Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin: Humanity’s Fate Isn’t Sealed — If We Act Now
It is political will that stands in the way of securing the future of humanity and the planet.
![Stethoscope lying on top of hundred dollar bills, image distressed](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0908-health-money-400x300.jpg)
Value-Based Payment Is the New For-Profit Health Care Industry
Financed by powerful corporations and private equity firms, value-based payment threatens to take over health care.
![Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), an HIV preventative drug is presented during an interview on November 30, 2017, in Soweto, South Africa.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0907-prep-400x300.jpg)
Judge Rules Employers Can Deny Coverage for HIV Drug for Religious Reasons
The notoriously anti-LGBTQ and anti-ACA judge said the decision protects “private, religious corporations.”
![A nurse writes down information from a vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a mobile vaccine clinic setup in Reading, Pennsylvania, on April 19, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0907-vaccine-gloves-400x300.jpg)
COVID Boosters Are Critical, But Using Only Animal Data Is a Needless Gamble
FDA’s reliance on animal-tested data ahead of a planned Fall 2022 booster rollout is nothing short of cutting corners.
![Wind turbines on a wind farm in Oaxaca](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0906-wind-farm-400x300.jpg)
Does Mexico’s Wind Industry Deliver More Dirty Profits Than Clean Energy?
Indigenous organizers say that clean energy projects must be humane for the communities they impact.
![Hand painted signs are posted along the roads near Bent Mountain, Virginia, to protest against the Mountain Valley Pipeline project.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0905-MVP-signs-400x300.jpg)
Dangerous Mountain Valley Pipeline Has No Place in Manchin’s Deal With Democrats
Scrutiny of the Mountain Valley Pipeline reveals a dangerously unprecedented energy project.
![Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan testifies during a hearing before the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee of House Committee on Energy and Commerce at Rayburn House Office Building on May 17, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-1397748190-400x300.jpg)
EPA Administrator Faces Lawsuit for Exempting Coal Ash Dumps From Regulation
Scores of the coal ash landfills that federal regulators have exempted from oversight are located in Southern states.