How to decolonize our battle against climate change
Rich countries have exported climate breakdown through extractive industries, creating a “carbon colonialism.”
10 Stunning Images Show Human’s Huge Impact on the Earth
Proof of humanity’s devastating footprint on Earth can be seen in these stunning images.
8 billion people: Four ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten public...
Of the multitude of climate-related adverse health effects, there are four great public health concerns for a growing population.
Nuns protest Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline by building chapel on proposed route
The company has since filed an emergency court order to seize the nuns’ land and build the pipeline.
Lobbying against key US climate regulation ‘cost society $60 billion,’ study finds
“Our new point is that if the very likelihood of having climate policy enacted in the first place may be jeopardized by political influences (via lobbying), why not try to use this revenue to neutralize some of the political opposition in a targeted way.”
Progressive Briefing for Monday, August 20, 2018
U.S. prisoners organize massive prison strike, Catholic leaders do damage control, ICE detains a man driving his pregnant wife to the hospital to give birth, and more.
Testing finds toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in common US food pesticides
The results of the recent tests suggest that at least some of the agricultural products are being contaminated with PFAS from unknown sources.
House passes farm bill – ‘rewards mega-agribusinesses and Wall Street,’ not the people or...
"The GOP Farm Bill is a disaster for people and the planet."
Biden administration unveils nation’s first Ocean Climate Action Plan
“This Ocean Climate Action Plan is the first comprehensive approach that the U.S. has taken to leveraging the power of the ocean in the fight against climate change.”
In Standing Rock and Beyond, A New Era of Indigenous Activism Arises
“The world needs us right now. The statistics say we are 4 percent of the population, but we are protecting more than 80 percent of the world’s biodiversity.”