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Plus, the EPA introduces limits on the toxic gas in the East Palestine disaster, Starbucks has to reopen union-busted locations, and old trees get new safeguards.
Environment
Breaking news and critical investigations into the world’s mounting climate crisis, with a focus on those who are exacerbating and profiting from the disaster.
LEFT WONDERING: How Can You Invest In An Ethical Fashion?
Plus, the best books for an introduction to politics.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: White House To Slash Drug Prices
Plus, Google suffers a big antitrust defeat, New York’s private colleges could lose wasteful tax breaks, and Massachusetts says goodbye to natural gas.
LEVER TIME: How Big Oil Buys The News
David Sirota speaks with climate journalist Amy Westervelt about how the fossil fuel industry launders their image through the use of sponsored ‘advertorials.’
As The Climate Summit Closes, A Single Sentence Offers Hope
The Dubai climate conference may have handed activists a new tool.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Farewell, Methane
Plus, organizers take on non-union automakers, an automatic voter registration program expands to the prison system, and a “Lithium Valley” bonanza bodes well for a clean-energy future.
LEFT WONDERING: Why Don’t We Swap Glass For Plastic?
Also, what’s the best way to promote reusable shopping bags?
Trump Wants The End Of The World As We Know It, And Corporate Media Feels Fine
Trump’s brazen climate denialism is being ignored or downplayed — have news outlets given up on even pretending they care about climate chaos?
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Mining Towns Get Clean Energy Boost
Plus, California farmworkers leverage new labor bill, New York will seal criminal convictions, regulators aim to crack down on overdraft fees, and workers strike on Cyber Monday.
Internal Doc Reveals Biden’s Troubling Climate Summit Plans
Government memo suggests the Biden administration is angering allies by undermining strict standards for a new global carbon market.