Environment
“No jobs on a dead planet”: A just transition to the new economy
October 25, 2017Hovering over the proceedings of the AFL-CIO convention is the specter of the new economy, a rocky dystopia littered with the debris of traditional industries, professions, and neighborhoods.
Read moreBrazil: Oligarchy versus the Amazon rainforest
October 20, 2017The accelerated pillage of Amazonia has made Brazil the world’s role model for environmental destruction.
Read moreSmoke, ash from wildfires blanket California cities
October 11, 2017At least 17 people have been killed, and families are frantically searching for more than 180 people who have been reported missing.
Read moreBlueGreen Alliance, SEIU hit Trump’s dump of Clean Power Plan
October 11, 2017Trump and his EPA administrator, who has been wined and dined by oil company executives, are putting corporate profits ahead of our ability to breathe clean air.
Read moreThe other shoe drops: Maryland sues EPA over air quality standards
September 29, 2017Having warned Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, more than two months ago that the state would go to federal court in Baltimore unless he started following the law – and having gotten no reply at...
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