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‘Mossville: When Great Trees Fall’ exposes environmental and racial terror of capitalism

May 22, 2020 By Chauncey K. Robinson

An intimate and gut-wrenching film detailing the assault on a town of Black residents at the hands of a South African power company aided by the legal corruption of the U.S. political system.

Love Canal mom says EPA just gave polluters a license to kill

April 7, 2020 By Lois Gibbs

Using the pandemic as cover, the agency is suspending environmental regulations. I’ve seen firsthand what happens next—people die.

“Net zero” isn’t zero enough when it comes to climate change

February 27, 2020 By People’s Voice

Imagine a government policy to solve homelessness that builds thousands of homes? The catch: Homeless people can't actually move in.

David vs. Goliath: Small town’s residents fight oil and mining giant

December 10, 2019 By Al Neal

Oral arguments revealed the Supreme Court appeared to be leaning against residents' claim that they can seek damages outside the purview of the EPA's Superfund clean-up efforts at the Anaconda mining site in Montana.

‘Dark Waters’: DuPont chemical’s toxic profits

December 4, 2019 By Michael Berkowitz

All one needs to know about American corporate capitalism is brilliantly laid out in Mark Ruffalo’s new movie Dark Waters. Big company, in this case DuPont, manufactures toxic nightmare. Results fatal. Cover-up just as scary. Story...