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Encampment Near Biden’s Delaware Home Calls for Declaration of Climate Emergency
“When it's ‘code red’ you do things you've never done before,” said one member of the group.
Chomsky: Rising Anti-Science Rhetoric Feeds the Pandemic and Climate Crisis
Anti-science skepticism is prolonging the pandemic and sending life over a dangerous precipice of the climate emergency.
Big Oil’s New Strategy: Profit Today So They Can Fight Again Tomorrow
Nearly every major oil and gas company now claims to accept the science, but their actions speak louder than words.
Manchin or No Manchin, Climate Activism Is Working
This year’s climate “wins,” organizers say, are essential to take stock of in order to continue the momentum.
USAID Is Running Out of Money for COVID Vaccines While Pentagon Got $778 Billion
The Pentagon will receive $25 billion more than requested — and more than enough to vaccinate everyone in the world.
World’s Most Destructive Climate Disasters of 2021 Cost Nearly $200 Billion
The author of a report on climate costs says dollar signs alone cannot calculate the losses caused by extreme weather.
Parents With Disabilities Face Medicare Rules That Exclude Parental Assistance
Help with parenting, according to state and federal law, is not covered under current Medicare rules.
Thousands of Virginians Have Faced Years of Sickness-Inducing Landfill Pollution
Residents of Bristol, Virginia, are reporting intense symptoms due to a city-owned landfill's noxious and toxic fumes.
The Climate Won’t Survive Our Current Appetite for Consumerism and Consumption
We must dismantle the military-industrial complex and rein in consumerism before we destroy life as we know it.
Two Years of COVID Have Forced Us to Recalibrate Our Concept of Hope
Hope, now, is for me an exercise to see if I still have it in me to hope, despite all the reasons not to.