Climate and Environmental Crisis

Trump poised to open Bears Ears to corporate plunder

In another attack on Indigenous rights and the environment, President Donald Trump is expected to announce his decision to shrink…

September 1, 2017

Eyewitness Harvey: Toxic chemicals, biased coverage and prisons

Houston, Aug. 28 — I grew up in Oklahoma’s “tornado alley.” I’ve lived on the Texas Gulf Coast for almost…

August 29, 2017

Texas, Louisiana under water: Capitalist crime scene

Aug. 29 — The coasts of Texas and Louisiana have become an ongoing crime scene. The crime is against the…

August 29, 2017

‘Unprecedented’ storm exposes gov’t failure as Harvey covers Houston with a lake

As of Monday evening, Aug. 28, 10 deaths have been reported since Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast near Corpus…

August 28, 2017

Global warming and Arctic roads

Anchorage, Alaska — The Arctic is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the world. As its ice…

August 20, 2017

Eastern North Carolina: Culture eroded by capitalism

Eastern North Carolina residents are fighting to save their ancestral lands and waterways from corporate contamination. Generations of poor Black…

August 13, 2017

Fracking Colorado, Part III: Impact on environment and people

Part 1: Impact on environment and people Part 2: Impact on environment and people Denver — The scientific evidence is…

July 20, 2017

Fracking Colorado, part 2: Impact on environment and people

Fracking Colorado, part 1: Impact on environment and people To a person growing up in the New York/New Jersey area,…

June 29, 2017

Fracking Colorado: Impact on environment and people

More and more towns all over Colorado are being affected by the negative impacts of fracking, including explosions, noise, dust,…

June 25, 2017

Why Nicaragua refused to sign Paris accords

The capitalist media have denounced Trump’s pullout from the Paris Accord, saying that the U.S. joins the only other two…

June 11, 2017