Environment
Cleanup workers left sick and dying after coal ash spill
August 28, 2019The 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.
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Puerto Rican ‘people’s assemblies’ begin to challenge U.S. colonialism
August 27, 2019After the ousting of a criminally negligent governor, the island readies for a possible encounter with another Hurricane, this one named Dorian.
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Bolsonaro: I’ll save Amazon rainforest by giving it to corporations
August 26, 2019Since 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.
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Climate change, Amazon fires come to France with G7 protests
August 23, 2019Trump’s pal, Brazilian President Bolsonaro, also denies climate change and says environmentalists are to blame for many of the 72,000 plus fires burning so far.
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Jay Inslee, who led push for climate debate, drops out of presidential race
August 22, 2019Despite failing to qualify for the climate town hall, Inslee was the first candidate to call for a debate focused solely on the issue.
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