Tag: climate change
Climate change is killing Americans. Health departments aren’t equipped to respond
How a decade of neglect and politics undermined the CDC’s fight against climate change
Obesity: America’s number one export?
Americans’ ultra-processed diet is fueling obesity across the world.
As Amazonian wildfire season approaches, we must protect the vulnerable forest
Jair Bolsonaro’s aggressive deregulation and exploitation of the Amazon’s resources threatens the entire planet.
Climate change to heat up oceans at seven times their current...
Rapid and inconsistent deep water heating will have a huge impact on ocean wildlife.
Forests vs. climate change: Researchers race to understand what drought means...
We’re already seeing signs of accelerated forest mortality around the world. And it’s not just arid regions that may see forest die-offs, new research finds.
Court reaffirms Keystone XL’s non-pipeline construction permit invalid, again
“Constructing pipelines through rivers, streams and wetlands without analyzing the impacts on imperiled species is unconscionable."
Progressives slam oil-soaked Steny Hoyer for backing Joe Kennedy III over...
"House Democratic Leadership has worked for over a year to disadvantage progressive primary challengers through the DCCC Blacklist."
Clean energy spreads nationwide
"This milestone is a victory for everyone who has been forced to breathe polluted air or drink unclean water because they lived near a dirty power plant."
Climate deniers argue carbon pollution is beneficial, again take aim at...
Opponents of climate action are publishing flawed studies in scientific journals to support false claims that align with the fossil fuel industry’s deregulatory agenda.
COVID-19 and the parallel nuclear war and climate change threats
We can create a new and better world—but we must fully commit ourselves to it and work for it, “pressing, making changes.”
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Why capitalism relies on nature and care work it does not pay for
Modern economies depend on unpriced ecosystem functions and undervalued care and reproductive labor—essential inputs that are difficult to commodify. This tension helps explain environmental degradation, social strain, and the limits of market systems.
The US-Israeli war on Iran is illegal. Here’s why that matters.
If this war continues without accountability, it threatens even more dire consequences in years ahead.
Does not our ongoing, epic failure to obstruct immorality confirm America as an immoral...
What morally deficient country tolerates blatant wickedness without rising up to avert the next outrage? His re-election was bad enough; tolerance of evil is worse.
Nicotine-based vaping likely causes lung, oral cancers, new comprehensive review
The review noted that the aerosols exhibit nearly all ten "key characteristics of carcinogens" identified by the World Health Organization.
‘Product of USA’ becomes a real standard enforced by USDA
The new standard, finalized in March 2024 and fully enforceable since the start of 2026, closes this gap and practice that often misled consumers who believed they were supporting American ranchers.