Friday, April 26, 2024

The 2016 Presidential Elections and the Cost of Democracy

For the moral importance of democracy is not the language of money but the ‘Will of the People.’

As Coasts Flood, Why Isn’t the Corporate Press Asking Candidates About Climate Change?

It is also possible that corporate capitalism, which both runs the candidates and runs the so-called “news” companies, is about as good at dealing with a rapidly changing environment as the dodo was.

Bill McKibben Arrested + 56 Others in Ongoing Campaign Against Proposed Gas Storage at...

The total number of arrests in the 17-month-old civil disobedience campaign has now surpassed 500.

Meatless Companies Band Together to Counter the Big Food Lobby

The Plant Based Foods Association is the first trade group to represent the growing sector.

Three Times When the World Broke Open – and Two When It Might Again

Never before has humanity depended so fully for the survival of us all on a social movement being willing to bet on impracticality.

Bernie Sanders Releases Powerful New Video Fighting Exploitation

If elected president, Sanders promises to do everything in his power to put an end to the exploitation of both migrant and domestic workers.

Supreme Court Backs EPA, Refuses to Block Mercury Emissions Rule

The Mercury and Air Toxic Standards rule, which tightens restrictions on harmful pollutants that are byproducts of burning coal, was challenged by 20 states

Using Courts To Build The Movement

The lesson from history is the movement is bigger than the courts. If we keep building on court decisions whether they are with the movement or against it, we will prevail.

Oregon Passes Historic Bill to Phase Out Coal and Double Down on Renewables

Commitments like Oregon’s are essential to the global effort to contain and reduce carbon dioxide emissions to levels that can protect the Earth for future generations.

Why Is Glyphosate Sprayed on Crops Right Before Harvest?

While the pre-harvest use of glyphosate may account for a small amount of overall use of the herbicide, this still has a huge impact.