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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. …
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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. …
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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. …
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“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. …
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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. …
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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 …
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[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. …
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[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. …
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[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.
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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. …
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“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. …
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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 …
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Lubrizol: oil obscures the transparency
While there were no immediate victims, the Lubrizol plant accident, only three kilometres from Rouen …
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The U.S. Border Crisis: A Crisis of the Capitalist System
The capitalist system has created an international crisis of displaced people due to a convergence of factors. …
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Kamran Nayeri: The Crisis of Civilization and How to Resolve It
Revolutionary University October 2018 An Introduction to Ecocentric Socialism The world is in the midst …
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Carol Dansereau: The Environmental Crisis – Where It Comes From. How We Can Get Beyond It
Revolutionary University October 2017 Q&A The Environmental Crisis – Where It Comes From. How We …
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Raj Patel: A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things
Revolutionary University October 2017 A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: Raj Patel, …
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Puerto Rico: Profits Over People
Conditions in Puerto Rico continue to deteriorate after the island was leveled when Hurricane Maria …
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May 20, 2017: To Save Our Planet… Change the System! (Baltimore, MD)
The world’s environment was in a dangerous state even before the election of Donald Trump. …
Environment
Imagine an Environmentally Conscious Civilization – Socialism
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything …
Environment
The Earth Is Not Theirs To Destroy!
Global Warming and Global Climate Change Is Global Warming Real? Yes it’s real. There is …
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The Assault on Science is Not New – Carol Dansereau
by Carol Dansereau Originally published April 20, 2017 at Counterpunch.org We should all “March For …
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Pollution hell
Paris, Lyon, Grenoble and most major cities have experienced the largest pollution episode in over …
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Carol Dansereau: A Socialist Perspective on the Environment
Revolutionary University October 2016 Why are we losing our fight for the Earth? And what …
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Climate Change? No! We Need a System Change!
There have been five major extinction events on earth where most of the larger plant …
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The Environmental Crisis – The Problem is Capitalism
download illustrated PDF of this pamphlet Contents Fighting For Our Planet – Fighting For A …
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Fighting For Our Planet – Fighting For Our Future
Around the world, people are taking up the struggle against global climate change as the …
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Keystone XL Pipeline – A Toxic Disaster
Last month, nearly 400 people were arrested in Washington, DC protesting the Keystone XL pipeline. …
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Crazy Weather – An Insane System
Lately many of us have been commenting on the spring weather and flowers in bloom …
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A Year of Environmental Catastrophe
The level of environmental destruction caused by the system of capitalism is becoming more and …
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Typhoon Haiyan: Not A Natural Disaster
More than 10,000 people may have been killed in the Philippines from one of the …
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The Destruction Of West Virginia
A look at what is going on in West Virginia shows us how ruthless corporations …
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The Destruction of Public Transportation
Across the country, in every major city, our public transportation systems are under attack at …
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Global Climate Change: The Fight of Our Lifetimes
For decades scientists have pointed out the dangers of climate change. But the response from …
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Chevron: Robbing and Poisoning For Profit!
Last week, a major fire and explosion at the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, CA …
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The BP Oil Spill – Corporate Profits More Poisonous than Oil
The oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico continues to pour thousands and perhaps millions …
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The BP Oil Spill: Profits First, People Last
For seven weeks, millions of gallons of oil have been flowing into the Gulf of …
