Sunday, June 28, 2026

Tag: North America

How agave agroforestry can restore drylands and strengthen climate resilience

The agave-powered agroforestry and livestock management system is an example of how native desert plants, cultivated as part of an agroforestry system, can regenerate drylands and provide inexpensive animal feed, taking pressure off overgrazed rangelands.

Agriculture’s toll: Bird populations shrinking faster than ever in North America

A study reveals that the pace of loss has quickened significantly over the last three decades, particularly in regions dominated by intensive agriculture.

The disintegration of North America

Director Michael Moore was trying to satirize the U.S. penchant for invading other countries.

An American New Deal for an entire continent?

The fundamentals of geopolitical change.

Colombia, once a pro-U.S. conservative bastion, turns left

Voters in Colombia have picked a powerful new duo, Gustavo Petro as president and Francia Márquez as vice president, to take the nation in a new direction, tackling economic and environmental injustice.

How union drives in Mexico help workers on both sides of...

These are vital, promising steps under the USMCA, which requires Mexico to enforce the labor rights needed to lift up workers there and, in turn, level the playing field for workers north of the border.

Damming rivers is terrible for human rights, ecosystems and food security

Despite industry rhetoric, hydropower is high-cost and high-risk. There are better options for a post-pandemic recovery and a renewable energy future.

FDA-required tests on puppies slows progress to Covid treatment

Dosing puppies with drugs designed for humans won’t make people safer. In fact, it poses serious risks to human health.

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Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta 

Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.

Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future

Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.

Addicted to war?

War Fever, Trump-Style.

Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture

The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."

The conservative ‘plan’ to dismantle public schools is entering the home stretch

The Republican Party’s crusade to cap or abolish local property taxes is the latest tactic in their effort to drain funding from public education.