Saturday, October 3, 2026

Tag: climate change

57 scientists denounce Biden’s claim that Sanders’ Green New Deal doesn’t...

The scientists went as far as saying the Green New Deal is necessary to "solve our climate crisis."

Running for office in the age of Donald Trump and climate...

I found myself back in school on a crash course, discovering what’s wonderful (and not so wonderful) about my chosen hometown in the age of climate change and Donald Trump!

The fate of the Earth

Climate change, after all, looks to be nature’s slo-mo version of nuclear war.

Doomsday clock moves to 100 seconds before midnight due to threats...

"We ask world leaders to join us in 2020 as we work to pull humanity back from the brink."

This problem with fracked oil and gas wells is occurring ‘at...

Just look to its track record, and don't expect any surprises.

‘We have so much more to do,’ youth climate activists declare...

"We are just trying to show them that we are doing the right thing despite the fact that we are not sleeping or staying in the best conditions."

Rising inequality affecting 70% of the world

“The rise is far from inevitable and can be tackled at a national and international level.”

After a decade of fracking, billions of dollars lost and a...

As the 2020s begin, climate scientists and world experts are warning that—if there ever had been—now, there's no time to spare.

How one Utah community fought the fracking industry—and won

“Speak out, pull together like-minded neighbors, organize and don’t give up.”

#ArsonEmergency? Climate change and Australia’s wildfires

The demonization of environmental activists is nothing new, but the trend toward criminalization is an even more troubling one considering the crisis at hand.

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The Oregon State Capitol in Salem. Photo: M.O. Stevens (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Midterms Have Revived Universal Healthcare Debate. These States Are Ahead of Everyone.

While Democratic congressional candidates are floating the restoration of federal Affordable Care Act subsidies and Medicaid funding, Oregon officials are crafting a more ambitious plan to implement universal coverage in their state.
A classroom in the United States. Photo: Marie from Malang, East Java, Indonesia / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

We’re Reporters, Not Teachers. We Were Able to Start Private Schools Anyway.

Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places.
A lethal injection room at San Quentin State Prison in California. Photo: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Christa Pike’s botched execution exposes the deep contradictions of a ‘painless’ state-imposed death

Lethal injections are not typically administered by doctors, given executions are incompatible with their oath to protect lives.
An Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina, not the Rock Tavern facility. Photo: Indy beetle (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Amazon warehouse workers in Rock Tavern strike over conveyor speeds and ignored safety complaints

Teamsters say managers deleted safety posts from Amazon's internal feedback board; Amazon says the picket was an illegal attempt to intimidate workers.
The Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, New York. Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

States sue EPA over repeal of power plant greenhouse gas limits

A coalition of attorneys general, governors and mayors asked the D.C. Circuit to restore the 2024 standards, which the EPA put at billion in avoided costs when it repealed them.