China retaliates against Trump tariffs with sweeping countermeasures as global markets plummet
Beijing responds to Trump’s aggressive new tariffs with 34% duties on all U.S. goods, rare-earth export controls, and sanctions on U.S. firms, signaling a major escalation in the global trade war
‘A pretty ugly history’: How Exxon exported climate denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
Up to 40% of the world’s land is degraded by humans, UN report warns
“In a world of profligate consumerism, global supply chains, and a growing population, land resources—our soil, water, and biodiversity – are rapidly being depleted."
The big union contract fights coming in 2025
The coming year is full of expiring contracts that could keep the strike wave rolling.
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Reminds World That Climate Change is Very Real
The Opening Ceremony at the Rio 2016 Olympics Games centered on climate change and its effects.
‘Zero care left’: UN says Israel has destroyed Gaza’s last hospital amid mass graves...
Mass graves, targeted killings of medics, and relentless hospital bombings mark the collapse of Gaza’s health system under Israeli siege, UN and forensic reports confirm.
Let’s agree to stop ‘keeping the peace’ this holiday season
As we approach the holidays, here are eight tips for discussing difficult topics with family that center connection over conflict.
From Massachusetts, some tax-the-rich inspiration
The super rich, worldwide, are regularly cowing their critics. Bay Staters have pounded back.
Environmental groups sue Trump administration calling plan to open millions of acres of public...
"Trump's illegal, deeply unjust fracking plan would be a disaster for Central Valley communities, as well as our climate, wildlife and water."
How Congress could decide the 2020 election
If the House of Representatives selects the president, each state would get a single vote—not one vote per House member.