Climate and Environmental Crisis

Climate change, oil profits and the new youth movement

Despite the know-nothing stance of the gang in the White House, climate change is a subject that hundreds of millions…

July 30, 2019

A crooked river and a crooked economic system

To many the phrase “burning river” might seem like an oxymoron. Rivers are water, and water is used to extinguish…

July 9, 2019

Reparations demanded by workers, community activists for Philadelphia refinery fire and closure

Less than a week after devastating explosions caused a major fire on June 21, injuring five workers at the Philadelphia…

July 2, 2019

Philadelphia refinery explosion threatens surrounding communities

A massive explosion at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery in the predawn hours of June 21 lit up the…

June 30, 2019

New Jersey High School youth protest fracked-gas power plant

May 18 -- Hundreds of New Jersey high school students from Bergen and Hudson counties rallied and marched today in…

May 23, 2019

To save life on Earth, abolish capitalism ASAP

Scientists have issued yet another dire warning on the climate crisis. In what the New York Times described May 6…

May 14, 2019

With the global climate crisis, Extinction Rebellion protests

Extinction Rebellion, a grassroots environmental organization, called for civil disobedience protests around the world starting April 15 to spotlight the…

April 25, 2019

Planning can save the planet: China chooses renewable energy

The very corporations that are responsible for the problem are denying global warming, with immediate consequences for the whole world.…

April 23, 2019

Fossil fuel projects grow along Columbia River

The Columbia River, stretching from Alberta, Canada, and serving as a large portion of the border between Oregon and Washington…

April 2, 2019

Climate change is driving social change

The terrible news on unfolding climate change can have opposite effects on people: despair, lassitude and denial -- or angry…

March 29, 2019