Environment

Farm Aid statement on agriculture in the Biden/Harris Administration
January 15, 2021 By Special to People’s World
Since 1985, Farm Aid has amplified the voices of America’s independent farmers.
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How advertising fuels the climate crisis
January 13, 2021 By Ian Sinclair
The report presents scientific evidence for four pathways through which advertising indirectly causes climate and ecological damage.
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New Amazonian Atlas reveals that a third of the rainforest is threatened
December 23, 2020 By Special to People’s World
Julia Jacomini from the Amazonian Network of Socioenvironmental Information (RAISG) puts the latest data about the rainforest into perspective.
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Blown-up mountains and toppled cactus, damage from border wall
December 21, 2020 By Anita Snow
GUADALUPE CANYON, Ariz. (AP) — Work crews ignite dynamite blasts in the remote and rugged southeast corner of Arizona, forever reshaping the landscape as they pulverize mountaintops in a rush to build more of President Donald...
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Fighting climate change with Great Depression-style organizing
December 18, 2020 By Manuel Pastor And J. Mijin Cha
A broad, progressive coalition came together in the 1930s to bring the United States out of the Great Depression. It can be done again in the face of COVID and climate change.
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