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![A staff member works at one of the largest Bitcoin mines in the world in Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan on January 3, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-1245976931-400x300.jpg)
New York Climate Groups Sue Over New Energy-Guzzling Crypto Mining Operation
The crypto mine could increase a Buffalo area power plant's greenhouse gas emissions by up to 3,500 percent.
![Residents facing looming displacement protest a lack of affordable housing outside of Carson City Hall in Carson, California on July 15, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-1233998735-400x300.jpg)
Resident-Owned Communities Are a Step Toward Housing and Climate Justice
Manufactured homes are most susceptible to climate change, but housing cooperatives can give power back to residents.
![COVID unit nurse Anita Pedy (left) and medical student volunteer Alan Araiza (right) check bruises on the back of COVID patient Melquiades Cervantes at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, on May 6, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-1213071644-400x300.jpg)
US Hospitals Rely On Exploited Volunteer Staff, Potentially Violating Labor Laws
Some labor experts argue many for-profit hospitals are using unpaid workers to benefit their bottom line.
![Climate activists Luisa Neubauer (L) and Greta Thunberg (R) stand on the third day of the eviction in the lignite hamlet of LĂĽtzerath occupied by climate activists in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on January 13, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-1246204416-400x300.jpg)
Thousands Rally to Protest Destruction of German Village for Coal Mine Expansion
Greta Thunberg criticized Germany’s Green Party for supporting the demolition of the village of Lützerath.
![Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in New York picket on the second day of their strike on January 9, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0113-nurses-strike-400x300.jpg)
NYC Nurses’ Deal Is Just a Start — Health Care Advocates Demand Major Reforms
The understaffing crisis in nursing is a prime example of the wider issues at play in U.S. health care, advocates say.
![Insulin and other diabetes medications are pictured in a storage case on November 27, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0113-insulin-400x300.jpg)
California Sues Pharma Giants Over Inflated Insulin Prices
California joins states like Arkansas, Kansas and Illinois going after insulin companies and pharma middlemen.
![Sen. Joe Manchin talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol on December 15, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0113-joe-manchin-400x300.jpg)
Manchin’s Chief of Staff to Become Top Lobbyist at American Petroleum Institute
More than 60 percent of oil and gas lobbyists in D.C. previously worked for the federal government.
![A sign for an Exxon gas station stands in a Brooklyn neighborhood on October 28, 2016, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0112-exxon-400x300.jpg)
Study Reveals Exxon Accurately Predicted Global Warming Decades Ago
For the first time, researchers have quantitatively shown Exxon’s internal data on global warming was highly accurate.
![Historic Storms and Flooding Kill 19 in California – and More Rain Is Coming](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/SEG3-aerial-flood-400x300.jpg)
Historic Storms and Flooding Kill 19 in California — and More Rain Is Coming
Despite the devastating impacts, few mainstream media outlets have linked the weather to human-induced climate change.
![66-year-old retiree John Allaire stands in front of the Seapeak Magellan liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker and Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LNG export terminal in Cameron, Louisiana, on September 29, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0112-lng-400x300.jpg)
Rush to Export Gas Is Making Gulf Coast an Industrial Wasteland, Residents Say
With two terminals already causing pollution, residents say more gas exports will decimate their way of life.