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![Unhoused Parisian family is caught in the rain.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/seg-paris-displaced-400x300.jpg)
Paris Olympics Slammed for Mass Displacement, Militarization and Greenwashing
Protests highlighted the displacement of thousands of migrants, unhoused people and other vulnerable communities.
![People during the collection and separation of waste that arrives daily at the largest garbage dump in Mexico Bordo de Xochiaca, on August 31, 2021, in Mexico City, Mexico.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1234986793-400x300.jpg)
Pollution Crisis in Mexico Shows Limits of Plastic Bag Bans in Global Capitalism
Mexican states like Puebla have banned plastic bags, but waste is overflowing due to exempt transnational companies.
![Oil facilities are seen past neighborhoods in Port Arthur, Texas, on September 12, 2012.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0216-port-arthur-400x300.jpg)
Plastics Are Fossil Fuel Industry’s Plan B. Fenceline Communities Pay the Price.
Production is concentrated in poor communities and communities of color, and residents face elevated health threats.
![Participants stage a protest calling to phase out fossil fuels during the COP28 climate conference, held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 5, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1205-cop28-400x300.jpg)
With COP28 Underway, Let’s Recommit to an Ongoing Struggle for Systemic Change
Neither COP28 nor individualistic approaches will solve the climate crisis. We need to buckle down for a long fight.
![An older Indigenous woman claps in the middle of a protest against lithium mining in Jujuy, Argentina.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1009-ind-400x300.jpg)
Dismantling Columbus’s Legacy Requires More Than Changing a Holiday’s Name
To fight Columbus’s violent legacy, we need to engage in radical climate action and reject greenwashing technologies.
![Electric car with astroturf greenery cover over all but the tire is charging via plug](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/2023_0925-ev-400x300.jpg)
EVs May Produce Higher Levels of Ocean and Air Pollution Through Tire Emissions
Pollution problems caused by electric vehicles' increased tire wear can be mitigated by curbing car use and dependency.
![Trash and incinerator ash at Rolling Hills Landfill in Earl Township, Pennsylvania, on September 18, 2012.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1315846365-400x300.jpg)
US Government Considers Burning Trash Renewable Energy Despite Emissions
Federal agencies have been padding their environmental stats with the cheap, carbon-heavy strategy of burning trash.
![Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (left) takes part in a demonstration of the Fridays for Future movement to demand the stop of further funding of new fossil projects, in front of the headquarters of German retail banking company Postbank in Bonn, Germany, on June 12, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0615-climate-protest-400x300.jpg)
Coalition Announces Global Mobilization Amid Inaction in Latest Climate Talks
Activists are demanding an end to fossil fuels and holding polluters accountable for damage they’ve already caused.
![Left: An electric car is manufactured in a factory in Bursa, Turkey. Right: Nickel, a critical component used in electric vehicle batteries, is mined in in southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0608-ev-400x300.jpg)
Fights for Climate, Labor and Indigenous Rights Converge at Auto Supply Chains
The electric vehicle supply chains are neither green nor just -- but they are crucial organizing spaces, activists say.
![India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends an Indian cultural event with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on May 23, 2023, at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0602-modi-400x300.jpg)
Ecofascism Is a Rising Threat. We Should Take Modi’s Ascendance as a Warning.
International greenwashing is feting and abetting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ecofascism.