In Brief
Biden Will Not Stop Climate Change
We don’t have until 2050 to respond to climate change. …
Environment
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 …
In Brief
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 …
In Brief
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 …
In Brief
Michigan Dam Breach: Climate Change, Meet Toxic Waste
Last week floods breached two dams near Midland, Michigan, forcing 11,000 people to evacuate …
Articles
Cyclone Amphan: Not a “Natural” Disaster
Super Cyclone Amphan devastated parts of Bangladesh and India last week. …
Online Town Hall Videos
Environment
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. …
In Brief
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 …
In Brief
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 …
In Brief
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. …
In Brief
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. …
In Brief
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. …
In Brief
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 …
In Brief
Slaughterhouse Conditions – Lethal for Animals… and Workers
There has been a wave of COVID-19 infections in the meatpacking industry throughout the country. …
In Brief
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. …
In Brief
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. …
In Brief
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. …
In Brief
“Essential” Workers: Building the Keystone XL Pipeline!?
Montana Governor Steve Bullock is allowing construction to begin on the infamous Keystone XL oil pipeline in Montana. …
Other Covid-19 Articles
Coronavirus claims an unexpected victim: Florida vegetables
Thousands of acres of fruits and vegetables grown in Florida are being plowed over or left to rot because farmers can’t sell to restaurants that have closed because of the coronavirus. …
Other Covid-19 Articles
California’s farm workers pick America’s essential produce – unprotected from coronavirus
California’s roughly 400,000 agricultural workers are deemed essential, but often without proper safety measures or guaranteed benefits …
Editorial Videos
[VIDEO] Climate Refugees: Made in the U.S.A.
Rain in the 2019-2020 season has been well below average in California, and the outlook for the rest of 2020 is for it to be drier than average, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. …
Editorial Videos
[VIDEO] Bezos on Climate Change – Covering Up the Truth
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon and richest person on the planet, recently announced in an Instagram post that he is planning on donating $10 billion to combat climate change. “Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet. …
Editorial Videos
[VIDEO] Newark: Poisoned Water and Poisoned Politics
For many years, Newark NJ has had a big problem with lead in its drinking water. Lead is hazardous and most dangerous to children. It can cause brain damage and many other serious problems.
Other Covid-19 Articles
The Coronavirus Pandemic Proves That We Can Overcome the Climate Crisis—If We Want To
One positive takeaway from the world’s response to the coronavirus epidemic is that it’s entirely possible to successfully combat two other existential and intertwined global crises: climate change and air pollution. …
Other Covid-19 Articles
“Capitalism is a disease hotspot”
Yaak Pabst interviews Monthly Review Press author Rob Wallace about the coronavirus pandemic …
Environment
The Climate Emergency (September, 2019)
Climate scientists have warned us that we are facing a planetary emergency which threatens the survival of most species on the planet. Yet the world’s most powerful governments and corporations insist on staying the same catastrophic course. …
Forum Videos
Climate Disruption, Migration, and the Rise of Walls (February, 2020)
As global warming accelerates, tens of millions of people are displaced all over the world …
