climate crisis
The sand cannot stop
September 6, 2024The Permian Basin contains some of America’s most productive oil fields. Our People’s World correspondent reports on efforts to organize the drivers who are essential to Big Oil’s profitable fracking operations there.
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Thawing Alaskan permafrost is releasing more mercury, confirming scientists’ worst fears
August 27, 2024"It has that sense of a bomb that's going to go off."
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Three million stranded as parts of Bangladesh endure worst flooding in nearly 40 years
August 26, 2024“I haven’t seen so much water in the last 20 years. Everything in my house is wrecked because the water has risen to waist level."
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As Canadian wildfires rage, capitalism doubles down on fossil fuels
August 26, 2024What transpired at Jasper this season, and what has happened in B.C. historically, is the result of capitalism’s cannibalistic nature.
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Hurricane Ernesto arrived much too early – an ominous sign
August 21, 2024A third Atlantic hurricane usually doesn't form until three weeks from now. Yet here's Ernesto, bearing down on Bermuda.
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