News | Environment & Health Hawaii’s Supreme Court Rejects Big Oil’s Attempt to Scrap Climate Case Filed in 2020, the lawsuit against major oil and gas companies will now head to trial. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams November 1, 2023 Truthout
News | Human Rights After Hottest Summer on Record, Local Governments Are Underreporting Deaths San Antonio's medical examiner blames lack of data for the decision not to list heat as a cause of any deaths. By Greg Harman , Truthout/Deceleration October 27, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health War Against Renewables Takes Terrifying Turn in Newsom’s Nuke-Powered California PG&E now says it won’t test its reactor in Diablo Canyon for deadly embrittlement this year as planned. By Harvey Wasserman , Truthout October 26, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Rapid Melting of West Antarctic Ice Sheet May Be “Unavoidable,” Study Finds “Coastal communities will either have to build around or be abandoned," the study's lead author said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout October 24, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Our Fixation on Green Technology Harms Our Ability to Confront Climate Crisis Green technology “solutions” to the climate crisis distract us from the deep structural changes that we need to make. By Kwolanne Felix , Truthout October 23, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Hurricane Ian Spiked Cases of Flesh-Eating Bacteria in Florida Warming ocean surface temperatures are leading to more Vibrio bacteria in the oceans, particularly in the Atlantic. By Zoya Teirstein , Grist October 23, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Scientists Unveil 637-Page Road Map for Transitioning the US Off of Fossil Fuels The report includes 80 recommendations for how the U.S. can achieve its target of net-zero emissions by 2050. By Tik Root , Grist October 17, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Over 2,700 Wildfires Reported in the Amazon in the First 11 Days of October Indigenous tribes in the region call on the Brazilian government to declare a climate emergency. By Siri Chilukuri , Grist October 16, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Is California’s Climate Lawsuit Against Big Oil an Inflection Point? Delaware, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey and Rhode Island are already pursuing similar legal actions. By Juan Cole , TomDispatch October 10, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Trying to Subdue Nature Is a Fool’s Errand When Planning for Climate Adaptation Local, state and federal governments must actively pursue both mitigation and nature-based climate adaptation policies. By Kwolanne Felix , Truthout October 10, 2023 Truthout