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‘Era of global boiling’ has arrived, UN chief says
“The consequences are clear and they are tragic: children swept away by monsoon rains; families running from the flames; workers collapsing in scorching heat.”
Woman Pleads Guilty to Torturing and Enslaving Disabled People
Linda Weston pled guilty on Wednesday for stealing over $200,000 in Social Security benefits from disabled people. She and her co-conspirators held disabled adults and their children captive for roughly a decade.
Photo essay: The military is poisoning America’s groundwater
But the Pentagon assumes no liability and refuses to pay for cleaning up the contamination it has caused.
As climate chaos escalates in Indian Country, feds abandon tribes
With the climate crisis now escalating, and the federal government withdrawing, help from local muscle and outside charities is about all the disaster relief that Indian Country can expect for the foreseeable future.
Bayer and US officials pressure Mexico to overturn glyphosate ban
“Will they continue the pattern of doing the bidding of global biotech/seed firms like Monsanto? Or, will the USTR respect other countries’ rights to protect the environment and indigenous crops?”
Billions in fossil fuel subsidies worsen global health threats amid record-breaking climate crisis
2024 Lancet Countdown Report calls for redirection of $1 trillion in subsidies to combat health impacts of climate change.
Elizabeth Warren urges former FDA head to resign from Pfizer
"This kind of revolving door influence-peddling smacks of corruption."
House passes budget resolution slashing Medicaid to fund tax cuts for the wealthy
The Republican-led House advances sweeping Medicaid cuts, potentially impacting millions while paving the way for tax breaks for the richest Americans.
Meet the Nebraskans who could stop Keystone XL (again)
But TransCanada is intervening in the process in its own way.