Thursday, August 7, 2025

The partisan use of preemption is surging

Far from advancing any big public goals, preemption is now being used to advance corporate agendas.

Here’s one more good reason not to launch a nuclear war

“Even a conflict that doesn’t involve the United States can impact us and people around the world.”

Your personal consumption choices can’t save the planet: We have to confront capitalism

To stave off disaster, we must transform the economic system driving climate change.

Mega farms are on the rise

Even though large farms can keep food costs low, as the human population continues to grow, we have to think about the costs to our health and the health of the animals and the environments involved.

A fairy tale from 2050

Donald Trump and the triumph of antipolitics.

Big victory in fight to protect California’s coast from offshore fracking

“This is a big victory in the fight to protect California’s coast from offshore fracking’s toxic chemicals.”

California Gov. Jerry Brown is backing a climate bill full of giveaways to polluters

Regulators say the measure would make it impossible to meet the state’s greenhouse gas reduction targets by 2030.

New film “Little Warriors” features youth climate fight in unlikely place: Indiana

Kids in Indiana are spearheading a movement to fend off the prospective ravages of climate change.
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Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell speaks out before jail time for peaceful anti-fracking protest

Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell and Pramilla Malick are going to jail today for their nonviolent protest against a natural gas-fired power plant that uses fracked gas in Orange County, New York.

EPA’s Scott Pruitt wants to televise a debate on climate change

Pruitt says there are many unanswered questions about climate change.