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Environment & Health
Time to Save the World Now
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has stayed above 400 parts per million throughout the entire year.
As Judges Debate Climate Policy, Lives Hang In the Balance
The climate crisis is already putting lives of real people at risk, particularly in low income communities of color.
We Are Not Alone: Listening to the 8.7 Million Other Animals Who Live on Earth
Anthropodenialism allows humans to continue exploiting animals and the ecosystem we share as a natural resource.
A Subzero Winter Is Coming to Standing Rock — Here’s Their Plan
The camps are preparing to keep the Dakota Access pipeline blockade going strong — keeping resolve firm, spirits high, and thousands of bodies warm.
Seven Popular Foods That Might Disappear Because of Climate Change
The search is on for ancient or near-extinct crops that might be better suited for this new reality.
Medea Benjamin: If Americans Can Sue Saudis Over 9/11, Drone Victims Should Be Able to Sue the US
New legislation would allow courts to waive claim of foreign sovereign immunity after an act of terrorism occurs within the US.
Worse Than a Slaughterhouse: 250,000 Trapped in East Aleppo Amid Devastating Bombing Campaign
The Obama administration is threatening to cut off diplomatic talks with Russia on Syria in the wake of bombings.
Things Fall Apart: An Insider’s Account of the EPA
Technically-sounding “pesticides” are destabilizing our natural world and our lives.
Trump Touts Drilling’s Potential, Botches Facts, at Shale Industry Conference
The shale gas and oil industry gathered in Pittsburgh this week for a major annual East Coast conference.
A Strategy to Stop the Funding Behind the Dakota Access Pipeline
A key pipeline loan is still pending, and banks can be vulnerable to public pressure.