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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.
Indian Hospitals Overwhelmed as COVID Cases Soar in “Modi-Made Disaster”
India has recorded 315,000 new cases in a single day, the highest daily toll in any country since the pandemic began.
Biden Opens Climate Summit With Pledge to Cut US Emissions in Half by 2030
Activists say the target isn’t ambitious enough to put the U.S. and the world on track to curbing dangerous warming.
To Survive Next Pandemic, We Must Not Forget COVID Like We Forgot the 1918 Flu
The influenza epidemic of 1918-1920 had been dropped in a remarkable manner from U.S. memory until COVID came along.
Big Pharma’s Shareholder Payouts Are Enough to Fund Vaccines for All of Africa
Less than 2 percent of all COVID vaccine doses administered globally have gone to people in Africa.
California’s Wildfire Season Looms. Regenerative Agriculture Could Offer Hope.
California may see an earlier fire season, but regenerative agriculturalists say benefits to their approach are visible.
Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin: Green New Deal Is Essential for Human Survival
World-renowned dissident Noam Chomsky and economist Robert Pollin discuss the state of the planet on the 51st Earth Day.