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Farmers in Mexico Don’t Trust New President to Defend Their Water From Hoarding
Transnationals pollute and buy up Mexico’s water. Not expecting help from Claudia Sheinbaum, farmers are resisting.
Media Fails to Link Hurricane Helene to Fossil-Fueled Climate Change
The storm devastated large swaths of the southeastern US after making landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm.
Analysis: Climate Crisis Increased Likelihood of Flooding From Storms in Europe
Continued fossil fuel use across the globe will only worsen flooding in the future, one expert said.
Left to Battle a Pandemic With Little Help, Nursing Aides Struggle With PTSD
COVID-19 has left health care workers across the US with a gutting sense of abandonment.
Hurricane Helene Causes Record Rainfall and Deadly Flooding Across US Southeast
Rapidly accelerated by the warming climate, Helene killed at least 42 in some of the worst flooding in recent memory.
As Florida Floods, Insurance Industry Reaps What It Sowed Backing Fossil Fuels
As climate change intensifies the violence of storms like Hurricane Helene, the industry is in a self-induced crisis.
Khanna Reintroduces Bill Ending Massive Taxpayer Subsidies for Captured Carbon
Many scientists and advocates warn carbon capture utilization and storage is actually used to extract more fossil fuels.
Ohio Residents Evacuated After Toxic Railcar Chemical Leak
A leak of styrene, a chemical used in plastic and rubber production, was discovered Tuesday afternoon in Whitewater Township, Ohio.
California Bans Inclusion of Unpaid Medical Bills in Credit Reports
At least eight states have banned medical bills from consumer credit reports in the past two years.
California Sues ExxonMobil for Deceiving Public About Recycling Plastics
The fossil fuel giant spent decades spreading propaganda that recycling could solve the plastic waste crisis.