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Climate Crisis

Environmental protesters take part in the Global Climate Strike in London on November 29, 2019.
News Analysis
Environment & Health

Three Years After First Global School Strike, Youth Climate Movement Is Growing

Instead of succumbing to obstacles, young climate activists are adapting and building on their past actions.
by
Nick Engelfried,
Waging Nonviolence
March 18, 2022
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Natural gas is flared off during an oil drilling operation in the Permian Basin oil field on March 12, 2022, in Midland, Texas.
News
Environment & Health

Court Blocks Order Barring Biden From Considering Climate Costs in Rulemaking

The decision to block a Trump-appointed judge’s order gives the government new tools to address the climate crisis.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
March 17, 2022
Truthout
Joe Manchin
Op-Ed
Environment & Health

Manchin Just Delivered Another Blow on Climate. He’s a Threat to Humanity.

The absence of Manchin’s support was a death knell for Sarah Bloom Raskin’s nomination. Her crime: caring about climate.
by
William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
March 16, 2022
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Sen. Joe Manchin talks with Senators Mitt Romney, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski before President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol’s House Chamber on March 1, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
News
Politics & Elections

Climate-Friendly Fed Nominee Withdraws After Manchin Says He’ll Vote Against Her

The progressive favorite blamed “relentless attacks by special interests” that oppose her stances on the climate crisis.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
March 15, 2022
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks with an aide during a news conference following a Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill on March 1, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
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Environment & Health

Progressives Are Urging Schumer to Restart Push for Climate and Social Spending

House Democrats say $555 billion in climate investments should be a starting point for negotiations in the Senate.
by
Mike Ludwig,
Truthout
March 15, 2022
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Residents of Irpin and Bucha flee fighting via a destroyed bridge on March 10, 2022, in Irpin, Ukraine.
Interview
War & Peace

Chomsky: Peace Talks in Ukraine “Will Get Nowhere” If US Keeps Refusing to Join

The only way to bring this war to an end before it escalates, Noam Chomsky says, is through a negotiated settlement.
by
C.J. Polychroniou,
Truthout
March 14, 2022
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A wildfire burns in the Cleveland National Forest in this view from Orange, California, on March 2, 2022.
News
Environment & Health

Western US’s Worst Drought in 1,200 Years Brings Year-Long Fire Season

The faster we get “firewise,” the less destruction our fires will bring.
by
Leanna First-Arai,
Truthout
March 13, 2022
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Emissions come out of a smokestack on the west side of Manhattan as the sun rises in New York City on January 16, 2022, as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey.
News Analysis
Environment & Health

Publicly Traded Companies in US May Soon Be Obligated to Report Their Emissions

The Securities and Exchange Commission will be considering proposals for climate-risk disclosure rules.
by
Daniel E. Walters &
William M. Manson,
The Conversation
March 12, 2022
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Gas prices at the Mobile station outside of the Beverly Center in Los Angeles, CA, on March 10, 2022.
Op-Ed
Economy & Labor

Our Best Weapon Against Soaring Gas Prices Is Dramatic Climate Action

To confront the climate crisis, we have to break capitalism’s rules.
by
William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
March 12, 2022
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Rep. Ro Khanna is interviewed in his Cannon Building office on April 10, 2019.
News
Environment & Health

Democrats Unveil Bill to Tax Big Oil’s Profits and Send Checks to the Public

The bill comes as oil and gas companies are raking in profits and spending tens of billions on buybacks and dividends.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
March 11, 2022
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