Environment
Indonesia: Mass strikes against ‘catastrophic’ assault on workers’ rights and environment
October 8, 2020The omnibus bill replaces 79 separate laws, reducing workers’ holidays and severance, allowing companies to keep workers on temporary contracts, and removing the requirement for environmental assessments of business projects.
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Greenland ice sheet melting faster than any time in last 12,000 years
October 5, 2020Rising temperatures in the air and the water surrounding Greenland are melting its massive ice sheet at a faster rate than any time in the last 12 millennia.
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Climate crisis gets only 10 minutes at end of presidential debate
October 1, 2020Prior to the debate, 40 Democratic senators sent a letter to the debate commission insisting upon questions that address the climate crisis.
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Unionists link growing usage of mass transit to combating global warming
September 29, 2020Increasing people’s usage of mass transit will not only help combat global warming but could produce tens of thousands of good union jobs.
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California wildfires torch 10,000 acres in a single day
September 28, 2020The fire tore through vineyards and jumped two rivers Sunday evening and was zero percent contained as of late Sunday night.
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