Friday, May 15, 2026

Europe’s climate movement is fractured and stuck—here is a way forward

The climate movement of the past will not win the struggle today.

Why gutting this agency amounts to playing with fire

“If it weren’t for NIOSH, we wouldn’t have the reliable and safe gear we do today. We’d be smoke eaters.”

Public health crisis looms as California identifies 600 communities at risk of water-system failures

A new report puts into focus for the first time the scope of the state’s drinking-water problems and what it will take to fix them.

U.S. corn growers celebrate trade panel ruling against Mexico’s GMO corn ban

Trade panel rules Mexico violated USMCA by banning GMO corn, securing a major victory for U.S. corn growers while intensifying debates over trade, health, and sovereignty.

Dakota Access Pipeline begins service the same day Trump announces withdrawal from Paris agreement

This decision is not the first – nor will it likely be the last – from the Trump administration to move the United States backwards in climate action.

Israeli MP Galit Distel Atbaryan advocates for erasing Gaza, raising alarm

An Israeli Member of Parliament's statement advocating for Gaza to be "erased from the face of the earth" raises alarm and highlights the intensifying rhetoric in the region.

Judge blocks ICE retaliation in Minnesota as protests escalate and federal force looms

A federal injunction curbing ICE conduct follows the killing of a legal observer, mounting allegations of constitutional violations, and threats of military deployment under Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Sanders unveils plan to end cash bail, ban private prisons, and ‘fundamentally transform’ US...

"If we stand together, we can eliminate private prisons and detention centers. No more profiteering from locking people up."

Peru’s newest national park safeguards 2 million acres of Amazon Rainforest

The designation is intended to conserve the region's precious biodiversity and protect the sacred lands of the indigenous communities that live around Yaguas.

Why fear and self-hatred destroy human sharing and solidarity

To love yourself truly, you must always courageously act out your own self-will, whatever the consequences.