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Environment & Health
UK Parliament Declares a Climate Emergency
British journalist George Monbiot discusses the need for rebellion to prevent ecological apocalypse.
Hydroponically Grown Produce Threatens Real Organic Agriculture
Calling food grown without soil-based nutrients “organic” amounts to fraud, say organic farmers.
Houston Suffers a Petrochemical Disaster Every Six Weeks
In the past month, Houston-area residents faced three major disasters related to oil and gas infrastructure.
Secretive Fossil Fuel Lobby Group Manipulated UN Climate Programs
Documents reveal how an industry group influenced the process behind U.N. climate assessments for decades.
The Last Time There Was This Much CO2, Trees Grew at the South Pole
The muddled political response to very clear climate science is putting millions of people at risk.
American Health Care Horror Stories: An Incomplete Inventory
Universal health care would make these tragedies and absurdities unthinkable.
None of the 2020 Frontrunners Go Far Enough on Climate
We must look to the grassroots for guidance in order to ensure the survival of all life on this planet.
A Lethal Industrial Farm Fungus Is Spreading Among Us
The damage done by industrial farming practices is more than agricultural or economic.
EPA Decides Not to Regulate Fracking Wastewater as Study Shows Spike
The oil and gas industry has flooded Pennsylvania with over 380 million barrels of liquid waste from 1991 to 2017.
Only One Single-Payer Supporter to Testify at Medicare for All Hearing
Progressives worry that what is supposed to be a substantive discussion of Medicare for All could end up a “farce.”