Monthly Archives: October 2021
Anti-imperialism you can try at home
Reparations may be one cure for what ails us...
House Republicans with ties to fossil fuel industry head to COP26 climate talks
The group of House Republicans assert that their trip to the UN climate summit reflects a sincere interest in climate change, but together they’ve raised more than $2.5 million from the fossil fuel industry over their careers, raising doubts about the purpose of their trip.
Why I remain hopeful
We are building a community committed to learning, with an ongoing conversation between you and me and among one another.
What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words
Will the world experience the global catastrophe that the oil companies predicted years before I was born?
Laundered legacies
Colin Powell’s failure to act with integrity on that occasion is what led to the deaths of thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. Sorry, his legacy is shattered by that historic crime.
Despite cutbacks, ExxonMobil continues to fund climate science denial
ExxonMobil has spent more than $39 million to manufacture doubt about climate science.
‘Bottom line,’ says Bernie Sanders, deal must include Medicare expansion, lower drug prices
"Congress must finally have the courage to stand up to the greed of Big Pharma."
Young climate activists have far more power than they realize
This story is part of The Conversation’s coverage on COP26, the Glasgow climate conference, by experts from around the world.
Report examines ‘Net Zero’ climate strategies, finds corporate plans lacking in lead up to...
A “Net Zero” carbon emissions approach, the keystone of many government and corporate strategies on climate change, is a pollute now, pay later strategy, a new report argues.
Watch: Bernie Sanders argues ‘we must end the greed of Big Pharma’
"Why is it that the pharmaceutical industry is able to charge the American people the highest prices on the planet for prescription drugs? Because their greed goes unchallenged in Washington, D.C."