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Report Shows “Vicious Cycle” Between Pesticide Dependence and Climate Crisis
The report suggests combating the dangerous effects of pesticides through sustainable farming.
![Aelicia Hodge, center, helps hand out cases of bottled water at a Mississippi Rapid Response Coalition distribution site on August 31, 2022, in Jackson, Mississippi.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0120-jackson-water-400x300.jpg)
White Communities More Likely to Receive Funds to Fix Aging Water Infrastructure
A new report blames systemic racism and disinvestment for the rise in inequities in water infrastructure.
![Protestors march through New York City with a banner that says "Chase Funds Climate Crimes"](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-1232370201-400x300.jpg)
JPMorgan Chase Pledged Carbon Reduction. Weeks Later It Financed Coal Mining.
A new report documents how investment capital continues to threaten the well-being of billions of people.
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This Scientist Was Fired by the US Government After Engaging in Climate Protests
Rose Abramoff plans to continue with both research and activism, and hopes to mobilize many more scientists to action.
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Report: 94 Percent of Big Provider’s Rainforest Carbon Offsets Don’t Cut Carbon
A new analysis suggests corporations’ climate commitments are based on a deeply faulty carbon market.
![People fish at dusk](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2022_0118-chicago-fishers-400x300.jpg)
Eating 1 Freshwater Fish Equals a Month of Drinking “Forever Chemicals” in Water
Research finds that fish from all 48 contiguous U.S. states showed PFAS contamination.
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Fight Grows to Stop Medical Debt From Destroying Patients’ Lives
Hospitals are suing patients, garnishing wages and putting liens on homes of those with unaffordable medical bills.
![Dozens of demonstrators rally in front of Moderna's headquarters during its annual shareholder meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 30, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0117-vaccine-equity-protest-400x300.jpg)
Big Pharma Pushed Twitter to Hide Vaccine Equity Tweets, New Report Reveals
"Twitter was seemingly asked to shield the powerful from criticism,” said Maaza Seyoum of the People's Vaccine Alliance.
![United Arab Emirates' Minister of State and CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, left, welcomes U.S. Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry at the opening session of the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum, in Abu Dhabi, on January 14, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0117-john-kerry-sultan-al-jaber-400x300.jpg)
US Climate Envoy Backs UAE Oil Executive as President of UN Climate Summit
The United Arab Emirates is expected to become the third-largest expander of oil and gas production between 2023-2025.
![Police face protesters during a large-scale protest to stop the demolition of the village Luetzerath to make way for an open-air coal mine extension on January 14, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0116-coal-germany-400x300.jpg)
Police Evict Protesters from German Village to Clear Way for Coal Mine Expansion
Two activists spent days in a tunnel they'd dug themselves as thousands of people rallied in the rain over the weekend.