Big oil to testify before Congress, new report confirms
“What we need from the fossil fuel industry is complete cooperation with our investigation, so the American people can understand the role the industry played in fueling the climate crisis.”
‘We need a climate debate:’ Youth petition pressures 2020 presidential democratic candidates to address...
We want all the candidates to commit to participating in a debate or forum on environmental issues and policies so we can hear detailed ideas and plans.
US-EU steel agreement to be first climate-friendly trade deal if passed
"The Sierra Club commends the Biden administration for pursuing a new, climate-focused agreement with the EU on steel and aluminum trade, which could become the nation’s first climate-friendly trade agreement."
Groundbreaking study exposes plastic pollution’s deep ocean graveyard
The investigation reveals that the ocean floor is besieged by up to 11 million tons of plastic waste, a figure that dwarfs the quantity observed on the water's surface.
With billions in fines, US Chamber of Commerce’s ranks are ‘packed with rogues’
A new report catalogues 15,896 federal and state violations from more than 100 U.S. Chamber of Commerce members, including major fossil fuel companies.
Albuquerque is throwing out the belongings of homeless people, violating city policy
As a result, thousands of homeless people have lost personal property, according to interviews with community advocates, service providers and those who have had their possessions discarded.
Analysis: Nuclear disaster in Ukraine could make swaths of Europe ‘uninhabitable for decades’
Russia's assault on Ukraine risks nuclear devastation "far worse even than the Fukushima Daiichi catastrophe of 2011," Greenpeace warns.
How corporate media has put the American public in a state of Ukraine-Russia psychosis
“[p]sychosis is a condition that affects the way your brain processes information. It causes you to lose touch with reality. You might see, hear, or believe things that aren’t real.… It can be triggered by… extreme stress or trauma.”
Six lessons the remorseless siege against procreative rights can teach the left
Secular democracy, as in majority rule, is just as threatened by religious fanaticism as it is by looming dictatorship.
SLAPP lawsuits: The biggest threat to the resistance you never heard of
Wealthy corporations must know they can’t SLAPP the public into silence.