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Oregon’s Growing Bootleg Fire Is One of 70 Raging in US West Amid Heatwave
The Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon has scorched more than 298,000 acres and is only 22 percent contained.
Billions in Trust Meant for Wildfire Survivors Went to Lawyers and Consultants
A special trust set up to distribute $13.5 billion to survivors of wildfires distributed almost nothing to fire victims.
Biden Admin Reverses Trump Policy to Open Alaskan Forest to Logging
The Biden administration will restore the ban on road construction and logging in the Tongass National Forest.
Biden-Merkel Meeting Fails to Move Forward Vaccine Patent Waiver
Biden's support for the waiver garnered applause, but he's since failed to convince other world powers to follow suit.
Pandemic Fuels Global Hunger as More Than 2.5 Billion Lack Nutritious Food
A new report found about one-tenth of the global population were undernourished last year.
Trump Supporters’ Anti-Science Crusade Is Threatening Us All
COVID is rising enough to spur the largest nurses’ union in the U.S. to urge the reinstatement of the mask mandate.
Republicans Force Tennessee Health Department to Stop Vaccine Outreach to Youth
The decision was made after Republicans threatened to dissolve the Tennessee Health Department.
Pfizer Is Upholding Global Vaccine Apartheid. Today We Risk Arrest to Stop It.
Billions of people still haven’t received their first dose due to their inability to access a COVID vaccine.
Census Data Show Half of Unvaccinated Americans Live in Lower-Income Households
While the GOP has politicized the vaccine, issues of access may be barring many from having the choice to get the jab.
Western US Hits 130 Degrees as Congress Bickers Over Climate Infrastructure
Temperatures in Death Valley hit 130 degrees, potentially tying one of the highest temperatures ever recorded.