Climate and Environmental Crisis

China, U.S. and global warming: ‘Carbon pricing’ vs. a planned economy

Environmentalists in capitalist countries are in a quandary over what to do about global warming. Even some of those most…

May 22, 2016

Hundreds protest fracking in Colorado

Protests against the use of fossil fuels and hydraulic fracturing have been taking place in Colorado. All over the state,…

May 22, 2016

Gulf Coast faces spread of Zika

With no national funding or coordinated prevention plan to stop it, the Zika virus is starting to sweep through the…

May 5, 2016

Labor, environmentalists stand up for Flint

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced on April 20 that criminal charges had been brought against three individuals in relation…

April 28, 2016

Richard Levins: Marxist scientist, communist

Richard “Dick” Levins, communist and distinguished Marxist scientist, died on Jan. 19 at the age of 85. He was a…

April 15, 2016

What can be done about rising sea levels

It has been more than a third of a century since climate scientists in both the United States and Britain…

April 12, 2016

Oklahoma earthquakes spike opposition to oil and gas industry

The state of Oklahoma had five earthquakes on April 3.  There had been 29 earthquakes in the previous week, 222…

April 11, 2016

Newark children exposed to lead

Nearly half the schools in Newark, N.J., were temporarily shut down on March 9 when elevated levels of lead were…

April 8, 2016

Alabama community fights environmental racism

Perry County, Ala. -- From Alabama to Michigan comes this solidarity message: Black Belt Citizens Fighting for Health and Justice “stand…

April 6, 2016

EPA ignores fire threatening nuclear waste landfill

In 1973, thousands of tons of toxic radioactive waste from processed uranium for nuclear weapons were illegally dumped into the…

March 10, 2016