Climate

'Some Honesty for Once': Alberta Energy Minister Celebrates Covid-19 for Making In-Person Pipeline Protests More Difficult

Protesters at a rally in Vancouver to show opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline on September 9th, 2017.

Hundreds of Medical Professionals and Groups Say Covid-19 Stimulus Plans Must Be Prescriptions for #HealthyRecovery

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"A truly healthy recovery... will not permit unabated climate change and deforestation, potentially unleashing new health threats upon vulnerable populations."

Nearly 200 Groups in Canada Vow to Fight for Covid-19 Recovery That Puts Human and Ecological Health First

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

A new alliance of Canadian groups is calling for a just recovery.

"The choices we make now about how to recover from this pandemic will shape not...

Michigan Flood, Says Group, Shows US Unprepared for 'Nightmarish' Threat of Nuclear Disaster Combined With Pandemic

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Aerial view of the dam that the Tittabawassee River breached on May 20, 2020 in Sanford, Michigan.

"The prospect of a nuclear disaster prompting a mass evacuation during a viral...

Fridays for Future Europe Calls for Transforming Agricultural Policy to Tackle the Climate Crisis

Oil Companies Can Set Their Own Rates for Royalties From Drilling on Public Lands Thanks to Trump: Report

Climate Protesters Call Out 'Hot Air' of Financial Giant During BlackRock Annual Meeting

With Covid-19 Raging, Warnings of Worse-Than-Usual Hurricane Season Point to Trouble Ahead

"Tom Perez's Worst Nightmare": Newly Elected DNC Member RL Miller to Push Dems on Climate

EPA Chief Says Trump's Evisceration of Regulations "Make Things Better"—But Forgets to Add "For Polluters"

Two-Thirds of Interior Dept Meetings Attended by Fossil Fuel Interests as Trump Lavishes Industry With Covid Relief: Report

After Dams Fail, Dow Admits Floodwaters in Midland, Michigan 'Commingling' With Toxic Chemical Storage Ponds

After Coronavirus Triggers 17% Emissions Drop, Experts Say Only 'Fundamental Structural Change' Can Save Humanity's Future

No—Argue Noam Chomsky, Roger Waters, Monia Mazigh, and 100+ Others—Canada Does Not Deserve UN Security Council Seat

Progressives Slam Oil-Soaked Steny Hoyer for Backing Joe Kennedy III Over Green New Deal Champion Ed Markey

'This Is Only the Beginning': JPMorgan Chase Faces Investor Revolt Over Financing Climate Destruction

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America Eats, or Doesn't

As usual, Trump's failing, this time to feed the hungry: food banks are overwhelmed while, with no coherent supply system, mountains of produce rot. Enter Chef José Andrés - "Without empathy, nothing works" - who in stark contrast is "leadership in crisis...nimble, confident, proactive." Working with schools, parks, restaurants, his World Central Kitchen has served over three million meals - 200,000 a day - to everyone from health care workers to the homeless. From one fan, "You are hope."