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Andreas Malm’s “Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency” — A Revolutionary Socialist Perspective
Andreas Malm’s recent book Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency lays out the overlapping causes of both …
Environment
Editorials
Earth Day – Our Planet & Our Lives
On Earth Day, remember that the environmental crisis facing our planet is ultimately caused by capitalism. …
In Brief
Waste Water from Fukushima Nuclear Plant Released to Pacific Ocean?
Japan plans to release treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. …
In Brief
Changing Seasons: A Sign of the Climate Crisis
Effects of climate change are already visible, yet no serious efforts to mitigate it are being made under the capitalist system. …
In Brief
Florida Waste-Water Crisis: Capitalism “Solving” Problems That Shouldn’t Exist
The Piney Point disaster was completely preventable, if the system didn’t prioritize profit over all else. …
Articles
Texas: Another Catastrophe of this System
The disaster in Texas is just another reminder of what’s in store for us if we continue to leave our future in the hands of those who run a system guided by the drive for profits, regardless of the impact. Our future depends on our determination to come together and fight against this system – to fight for a world that represents all of our interests. …
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The International Situation: Capitalism in a State of Emergency
Capitalism is in a state of emergency, bringing all of humanity to the precipice. There is still a window of opportunity for the revolutionary power of the proletariat to intervene and carve out a path towards socialism. But that window is closing, and time is not on our side. …
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An Overview of the Situation in the U.S. in 2020 – A Year of Extremes
The pressures of this period are building across the U.S. and around the world. But the capitalist system that is responsible for the crisis remains. This virus has united us in many ways. It has given us a picture of the future capitalism holds out to us. And it isn’t a future that we can accept. …
In Brief
A Race to the End of the World
Russia, China, and the U.S. are battling it out to see who can sink …
In Brief
Saltwater Invasion is Destroying Wild Trees and Plants as Well as Crops
Global heating is raising sea levels around the world, although at different rates in different …
In Brief
Biden Will Not Stop Climate Change
We don’t have until 2050 to respond to climate change. …
In Brief
Working Class Communities Foot the Bill for Toxic Cleanup Site
We can’t rely on the courts to protect us – they won’t …
International
Water Battle Erupts Between Mexico and U.S.
Since 1944, the United States and Mexico have shared water across their border, with the …
In Brief
The Pope and Politics: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Early this month the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, published his view of the state of the world and he doesn’t think it’s pretty. …
In Brief
Plastic-Digesting Enzymes!
What if researchers worked together to fix our plastic waste problem? …
In Brief
Republicans and Democrats Do Nothing for the Climate Crisis on the West Coast
All the Democrats have done for climate change is pay it lip service. …
Editorials
End Times? or Seize the Time!
Wildfires have scorched more than five million acres, an area the size of Connecticut, as …
In Brief
Wildlife Populations Have Decreased Two-Thirds Since 1970!
Since 1970, the planet’s wildlife populations have decreased by an average of 68 percent, according to the World Wildlife Fund’s 2020 Living Planet Report. …
Articles
A Message from the Seas?
Reports of orcas ramming boats near the coasts of Spain and Portugal have been flooding in. …
Articles
California Fires: The Climate Disruption We Were Warned About
As if the COVID pandemic wasn’t enough for Californians to deal with, the state is now seeing record-breaking heat waves, wildfires, and smoke. …
Articles
Worst Year Ever? It’s not 2020 – It’s Capitalism
2020 has indeed been the worst year. But further events like the ones that define this year will not end with it, unless the root cause – capitalism – is removed. …
Articles
Fire! Climate Catastrophe at Home
A massive heat dome hovering over the southwest of the U.S. is causing record-breaking temperature spikes in California. …
Articles
Drilling in the Arctic: Capital Reigns Supreme
On August 17, the Trump administration opened up the coastal plane of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling …
In Brief
Polar Bears Gone by 2100
Climate change is quickly melting the sea ice that polar bears depend on as their hunting ground …
Articles
Biden’s Climate Plan Won’t Save Us
Joe Biden recently announced his policy proposals for addressing climate change. So what does this supposedly revolutionary plan entail? …
In Brief
PG&E: When Criminals Rule
We’re only halfway through the year and 2020 is already expected to break global temperature records. …
In Brief
Energy Secretary Credits Activists for Shutting Down Pipelines
It was recently announced that the Dakota Access Pipeline, the largest oil pipeline out of North Dakota, will be shut down, as well as the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. …
Articles
Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Oil and Gas Pipelines. Our Power to Stop Them Is Through Mobilizing.
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of oil and gas companies on Monday when they approved fast-track permitting for pipeline construction …
Environment
South Pole Warming Three Times Faster Than the Rest of the Earth
The South Pole is warming at a rate three times faster than the rest of the globe. …
Environment
Climate Change Sets a Scary Record in Siberia
On June 20, the city of Verkhoyansk in Siberia hit a record high temperature over 100 degrees. …
In Brief
U.S. Ranks 1st in Wealth, Prisons, and Weapons Sales, 24th in Environmental Performance
And it’s on course to get even worse, with weakening environmental protections …
Articles
One Disaster After Another
In addition to the coronavirus pandemic, and the deadly racism of our society that is being highlighted in the streets, June has brought another danger: hurricane season. …
Articles
2020 is on Track to be the Hottest Year in Human History
This year we will surpass 418 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere …
Articles
Capitalism Drives Extinctions, but We Can Stop It
Climate disruption is just one of the ways human life is threatened due to the massive destruction to the environment …
Articles
Climate Change is Turning Forests into Polluters!
A recent study found that when temperatures increase past 89.6°F, tropical forests end up releasing CO2 …
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Michigan Dam Breach: Climate Change, Meet Toxic Waste
Last week floods breached two dams near Midland, Michigan, forcing 11,000 people to evacuate …
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Cyclone Amphan: Not a “Natural” Disaster
Super Cyclone Amphan devastated parts of Bangladesh and India last week. …
Online Town Hall Videos
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Green Capitalism Won’t Save Us
Environmental activists around the world are calling for a “Green Recovery” after the coronavirus pandemic ends, to address the even larger crisis looming over us: climate change. …
Articles
Using the Cover of One Crisis to Fuel Another
Amidst a global pandemic, with the climate crisis still looming in the background, the Trump administration has dismantled a number of environmental protections. …
Online Town Hall Videos
Videos of Townhall: On the Brink of Starvation: Covid-19 and the Global Food Chain with Raj Patel
Covid-19 and the Global Food Chain with Raj Patel …
Articles
Food Insanity With or Without COVID-19
Agribusinesses are destroying massive amounts of food while people across the United States are standing in lines at food banks …
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New Study on Global Warming: One Billion-Plus to Face Extreme Heat if We Don’t Fight for Change
A recent study finds that global warming will impact humanity even more intensely, and sooner than previously thought. According to the research, for every 1ºC increase in global temperature, one billion people will be displaced or forced to endure insufferable heat. …
Articles
Study Shows Trade Policy Subsidizes “Dirty” Industries
According to a new paper by the University of California, Berkeley, high carbon-emitting industries have much lower import taxes than cleaner industries. …
Articles
Feeding the Climate Crisis During COVID-19
The federal government just gave the fossil fuel industry at least $50 million dollars of taxpayer money, which probably won’t have to be paid back. …
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Carbon Emissions are Dropping, but Not Enough
Global greenhouse gas emissions are expected to drop by nearly 8 percent this year, due to COVID-19 lock downs. This is the largest drop ever recorded …
Articles
Slaughterhouse Conditions – Lethal for Animals… and Workers
There has been a wave of COVID-19 infections in the meatpacking industry throughout the country. …
Articles
The Earth Needs Us to Organize: The EPA Protects Polluters, Citing Coronavirus
On March 25, the EPA announced it is rolling back environmental protections in response to the coronavirus. …
Articles
Smithfield Foods: Profits over People’s Health
The Smithfield pork-processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is a huge eight-story meat processing plant that employs 3,700 workers. …
Articles
Destroying Food While People Starve
3.7 million. That’s how many gallons of milk are being dumped each day by U.S. dairy farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic. …
