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Climate Crisis
Farmworkers Face Daunting Health Risks in California’s Wildfires
Advocates have been pushing for labor standards protecting farmworkers from risks of exposure to wildfires and smoke.
Climate Crisis Stokes Flames in California, Putting Disabled People at Risk
PG&E, the utility responsible for some of California's deadliest fires, is hurting people by shutting off power.
California Governor Declares Statewide Emergency as Nearly 200,000 Evacuate
The fires must be met with urgent and nationwide climate action.
We Must Raise Labor Standards for Care Workers to Win a Low-Carbon Economy
Organizing and raising standards for care workers needs to be central to bringing labor and climate together.
Will Humans Band Together to Save Our Own Lives?
From deadly mosquitos to crop-devouring insects, the climate crisis is creating pestilences that affect all of humanity.
We Can’t Solve the Plastics Crisis With Other Disposables
Corporations are pushing alternatives to plastic, but many come with severe ecological consequences.
ExxonMobil Is Still Bankrolling Climate Science Deniers
The world’s largest oil company says climate change is real, yet continues to finance climate denier groups.
Global Wildfires Are Raging, Leaving Long-Lasting Damage
The fires do not bode well for humanity’s future.
Why Extinction Rebellion Might Succeed — and in Many Ways, Already Has
The U.K.-based social movement for climate action could be on the way toward winning its ultimate goal — system change.
The New Deal Saved Capitalism. The Green New Deal Could Do Better.
The Green New Deal may come to embody a future more humane than what its ancestor imagined possible.