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Planet or Profit

Investigating the overall systemic threats to the ecosystem, how they are imbricated in the organization of our society, possible forms of mitigation, and how specific environments and communities suffer from transglobal corporate profit-seeking.

Read more about this series at Introducing “Planet or Profit?”

The darkened sky in Sao Paulo, Brazil is picture on August 19, 2019. Residents reported black rain, while studies by two universities confirmed that the rainwater contains fire residues.
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The Amazon Is Dying and Bolsonaro Is Fanning the Flames

Jair Bolsonaro has worked at breakneck speed to eliminate environmental regulations.
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Dahr Jamail,
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August 22, 2019
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Protesters Crash ALEC Conference to Resist Bill Criminalizing Pipeline Activists

Protesters with Extinction Rebellion ATX were briefly detained and released after disrupting ALEC’s annual conference.
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Candice Bernd,
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August 15, 2019
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A helicopter flies over a glacier on the Franz Josef Land Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, August 23, 2017.
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Scientists Are Stunned by How Rapidly Ice Is Melting in the Arctic

One researcher offered a bleak prognosis: “We’re not going to stop this train wreck.”
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Dahr Jamail,
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June 20, 2019
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As New Pipeline Battle Looms, Texas Moves Toward Criminalizing Pipeline Protest

Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline is a highway to the next extinction event literally fueled by the last one.
by
Candice Bernd,
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June 11, 2019
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Smokestacks from a power plant billow pollution into the air
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CO2 Concentration Is Higher Than Ever in Human History

The amount of CO2 in Earth’s atmosphere already constitutes a climate emergency, and it’s worsening each year.
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Dahr Jamail,
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May 31, 2019
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If clouds vanish, so would life on Earth, which could warm by a staggering 8 degrees Celsius.
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If Emissions Aren’t Curbed, Clouds May Disappear

If clouds vanish, so would life on Earth, which could warm by a staggering 8 degrees Celsius (8°C).
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Dahr Jamail,
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February 26, 2019
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Environment & Health

The World Is on the Brink of Widespread Water Wars

In some places conflict is practically guaranteed, according to one study.
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Dahr Jamail,
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February 11, 2019
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A man walks along an ice-covered breakwall along Lake Michigan while temperatures were hovering around -20 degrees and wind chills neared -50 degrees on January 31, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois.
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The Polar Vortex Is Climate Disruption in Action

The sub-zero temperatures across the country don’t contradict global warming. They’re actually caused by it.
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Dahr Jamail,
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February 1, 2019
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A demonstrator holds a sign against drilling in the Arctic Refuge on the 58th anniversary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, during a press conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, December 11, 2018. Under Trump, oil drilling has taken priority over essential services like trash pickup in national parks.
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Despite Shutdown, Trump Is Pushing Forward Plans to Drill in Arctic

With Trump, oil drilling takes priority over essential services like trash pickup in national parks.
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Dahr Jamail,
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January 8, 2019
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Watching the World Burn: Truthout Readers Share Their Climate Stories

Some up-close and personal accounts of how people are experiencing climate change in the US and abroad.
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Dahr Jamail,
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January 4, 2019
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