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Investigating systemic threats to the ecosystem from transglobal corporate profit-seeking.
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Dahr Jamail | The World on Fire: Record-Breaking Wildfires, Greenland Melting and Earth’s Hottest Month Ever
Wildfires scorched the western US; a record-breaking size of ice calved from a glacier in Greenland; and more on climate disruption.
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Dahr Jamail | Environmentalists Sue EPA Over Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico
A coalition of environmental groups is suing to force the EPA to mitigate pollution causing the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone.
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Watchdog Group Sues US for Access to Shell Oil’s Safety Plan for Arctic Drilling
As Shell begins drilling in remote Arctic waters, watchdogs are suing US regulators for access to records.
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Dahr Jamail | The New Climate “Normal”: Abrupt Sea Level Rise and Predictions of Civilization Collapse
With up to 10 feet of sea level rise expected by 2050, the latest indicators show abrupt climate disruption is upon us.
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Lobbying and Campaign Cash Fuel GOP Attacks on Endangered Species
The GOP seek to undermine endangered species protections to ease the way for Big Ag and Big Oil..
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Dahr Jamail | Mourning the Changes That Surround Us: Readers Speak Out on Climate
We asked Truthout readers to share observations of weather anomalies in their areas.
Federal Agencies Ignore Environmental Health Risks for Millions of Prisoners
Advocates say government agencies consistently ignore environmental health factors when racing to build prisons.
Local Ohio Officials Petition Governor to Return Right to Regulate Fracking
Local Ohio authorities appeal to governor to re-establish their right to regulate and ban fracking.
Dahr Jamail | Mass Extinction: It’s the End of the World as We Know It
Citing abrupt climate disruption, evolutionary biologist Guy McPherson argues that humans may soon face our own extinction.
Supreme Court Tosses EPA Rules That Would Prevent Thousands of Asthma Cases
EPA rules limiting toxic air pollution emissions would have prevented thousands of cases of asthma, birth defects and other health problems.