Climate and Environmental Crisis

Buffalo ‘bomb cyclone’ exposes failure of capitalism

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is reeling from its worst snowstorm in a generation. From Dec. 23-25, Western New York state…

December 29, 2022

Disastrous Keystone oil spill in Kansas

A major Keystone oil spill of roughly 600,000 gallons occurred Dec. 7 in a creek in rural Washington County, Kansas,…

December 23, 2022

Water polluting energy company gets green light to resume fracking

Pennsylvania Nearly 14 years after a water well explosion on Jan. 1, 2009, made residents of Dimock, Pennsylvania, aware of…

December 21, 2022

Leonard Peltier’s greeting to National Day of Mourning

The following slightly edited statement from imprisoned political prisoner Leonard Peltier (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians) was read by…

November 29, 2022

COP27 − Latin American leaders unite their voices against climate change

By Alejandra Garcia Nov. 10, 2022 Note: This article first appeared in Resumen Latinoamericano English. The eyes of the world…

November 18, 2022

COP 27: greenwashing, repression, food crisis

Nov. 13 — More than 40,000 people registered as participants at the 27th United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) gathering at…

November 16, 2022

Brazil elections: Workers, most oppressed defeat fascist Bolsonaro

The people of Brazil have shown remarkable courage, in the face of extreme right-wing terror, in voting to oust fascist…

October 31, 2022

Un huracán, dos sistemas

Las imágenes y los relatos dramáticos de la devastación causada por el huracán Ian siguen dominando las noticias. El número…

October 10, 2022

Typhoon rips through Western Alaska exposing high cost of climate change

A New York Times weekly news quiz Sept. 9 asked which of these climate disasters happened this summer: floods in…

October 6, 2022

One hurricane, two systems

Dramatic images and accounts of the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Ian continue to dominate the news. The death toll, approaching…

October 3, 2022