Environment

As hurricane approaches Puerto Rico, Trump transfers funding to border cages

August 28, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

President takes $271 million from Coast Guard and FEMA and gives it to ICE to build more prison camps for immigrants.

Disastrous Alaskan wildfires could permanently alter forest composition

August 28, 2019 By Madison Dapcevich

From the Amazon to the last frontier of Alaska, fire season is raging on both sides of the equator and bringing with the flames long-term effects that could permanently alter the diverse ecosystems of both regions.

Cleanup workers left sick and dying after coal ash spill

August 28, 2019 By Travis Loller

The Tennessee Valley Authority, long respected for providing good jobs and cheap electricity, is facing a growing backlash over its handling of a massive coal ash spill.

Puerto Rican ‘people’s assemblies’ begin to challenge U.S. colonialism

August 27, 2019 By Carol Ramos Widom

After the ousting of a criminally negligent governor, the island readies for a possible encounter with another Hurricane, this one named Dorian.

Bolsonaro: I’ll save Amazon rainforest by giving it to corporations

August 26, 2019 By Emile Schepers

Since taking office, Bolsonaro said from the outset he intends to open up areas reserved for Brazil’s 900,000 Amazonian indigenous communities to agricultural and mining interests.