Climate and Environmental Crisis

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

Youth join global strike for climate justice

Climate strikers in Bengaluru, India, one of 450 global locations, were among hundreds of thousands demanding “climate reparations and justice”…

September 28, 2022

On hurricanes<br>‘Puerto Rico is not for sale’

On Sept. 23, 1868, el Grito de Lares erupted in the town of Lares, Puerto Rico, the island’s first armed…

September 27, 2022

Youth join global strike for climate justice

Climate strikers in Bengaluru, India, one of 450 global locations, were among hundreds of thousands demanding “climate reparations and justice”…

September 26, 2022

Pakistan: Climate catastrophe caused by Global North

Following months of intense humidity and a catastrophic heat wave — temperatures reaching upwards of 124 F — Pakistan is…

September 12, 2022

Twenty years ago, Nigerian women took over ChevronTexaco and won concession

The following article first appeared on workers.org in two parts, dated Aug. 1 and 8, 2002. In honor of Black…

August 11, 2022