Tag: politics

Chileans turned out in large numbers in a dramatic run-off election between a hard-right open admirer of Pinochet named Antonio Kast and a 35-year old leftist and veteran of a decade of protest actions against the government, Gabriel Boric.

Forget their policies for a moment, and consider how two politicians’ lives foreshadow our ecological future.

Finian Cunningham focuses on the realities of the international power struggle unfolding in real time and the role of everyday citizens in affecting the relationship the U.S. now has and will have with the rest of the world community.

Our broken and inhumane food system is a huge source of emissions, so why isn’t it a major part of the climate solution?

“It’s not just about the elderly. Hearing loss doesn’t magically happen in old age. It gradually occurs over years and years. It’s something that could be prevented.”

The Glasgow Climate Pact kicks the climate can down the road.

Among those five wealthy countries analyzed, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Norway and Australia, all plan to approve and subsidize new fossil fuel projects despite their claims of leading in the climate fight, the report concluded.

here is a chance we can prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis, but world leaders must hold businesses accountable and listen to Indigenous communities.

We are truly living out the end of the American Century in the world it created.

It all starts with the infrastructure bill. Millions of Americans eager for better lives expect Congress to push it over the finish line.