Truthout
Environment & Health
The Plastics Industry Is Planning a Deregulation Blitz Under a Second Trump Term
Critics call it the plastics industry’s own Project 2025.
How the Dutch Climate Movement Won an Environmental Breakthrough
An innovative Extinction Rebellion campaign to end fossil fuel subsidies offers key lessons for the global movement.
Climate Scientists and Environmental Groups Alarmed Over New UN Climate Report
Experts say the report confirms that nations' efforts to cut emissions have been grossly insufficient to date.
Will COP16 on Biodiversity Listen to Indigenous Women or Corporate Lobbyists?
Indigenous women have long been at the forefront of the global movement for land and territorial rights.
World Bank Thwarts Climate Goals With $750 Million in Factory Farm Investments
Leading development banks invested at least $2.27 billion in “a leading driver of greenhouse gas emissions” in 2023.
Medicare Advantage Insurers Are Dropping Plans and Slashing Benefits
Medicare Advantage plan beneficiaries are essentially being penalized for using the health care that they pay for.
Government’s Warped Priorities Exacerbate Climate Disasters, Impede Recovery
By funding wars and fossil fuel subsidies instead of disaster recovery, the US punishes those who can least afford it.
Sometimes Hurricane Evacuation Isn’t an Option
Evacuating can be costly and laborious, often prohibitively so.
Global Water Cycle Out of Balance for First Time in Human History, Report Says
Researchers warned that policy makers must urgently “reframe the hydrological cycle as a global common good.”
GOP Senate Candidate: No One Worries About Dying Due to Lacking Health Care
A study of the US health care system shows that tens of thousands of lives would be saved yearly with Medicare for All.