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Environment & Health
No, Biden’s Not Banning Burgers — But Meat Is a Real Climate Problem
A study seized on by the right shows replacing meat with plant-based foods could help confront the climate crisis.
Biden Is Providing Some Vaccines to India But Hasn’t Budged on Patent Waiver
COVID knows no borders. Neither should we.
At India’s Request, Twitter Blocks Posts Critical of Modi COVID Response
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's handling of the pandemic has come under scrutiny both within India and abroad.
Billionaire Bill Gates Says “No” to Sharing Vaccine Recipes With Poor Countries
Earlier this month 66 organizations called on the U.S. to initiate a global vaccine manufacturing program.
Homelessness and Extreme Weather Are Converging Climate Crises
For the homeless, natural disasters prove torturous for more than the fact that it's worse to be outside during a storm.
Ag Giant Resisted Efforts to Change Toxic Weed Killer Formula to Protect Profits
Internal corporate documents dating back to 1968 detail the need to make the ubiquitous herbicide safer for humans.
Sanders and Warren Call on Biden to Reverse Trump-Era Vaccine Apartheid
Biden is under intense pressure to choose people over pharmaceutical profits as COVID outbreaks continue globally.
Biden Vows to Cut Emissions While US Continues to Subsidize Fossil Fuels
President Biden pledged to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half, below 2005 levels, by the end of the decade.
Michigan Outbreak Bolsters Fear That Conservative Outposts Will Prolong Pandemic
Michigan’s outbreak could be an anomaly or a preview of what's to come as the nation emerges from the pandemic.
Reject Greenwashing. At This Point, Only an Ecological Revolution Will Do.
The damage that has been done to the environment is only now beginning to reveal itself after decades of denial.