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Experts 'Running Out Of Adjectives' as Hurricane Maria Slams Puerto Rico

Corporate Media Called Out for Whiffing on 'Most Important Story in the World'

Julia Conley, staff writer

Using social media on Wednesday, advocates for climate action spoke out forcefully—and in huge numbers—against major media outlets that enable those who deny the connection between global warming and extreme weather events like Hurricane Harvey and Irma. Using the hashtag #ClimateSilence , 350.org initiated a campaign aimed at calling out...

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Amid Food Shortage and Slow Relief Efforts, Post-Irma 'Survival' Is Not 'Looting'

Julia Conley, staff writer

As much of the media's attention shifted to Hurricane Irma's impact on Florida...

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As Florida Braces, Aerial Footage of Virgin Islands Shows What Irma Capable Of

Common Dreams staff

Series of overhead videos offers look at power of storm and extent of damage...

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Florida Warned 'Don't Let Your Guard Down' as Irma Roars for Direct Hit

'Unprecedented' Lofoten Declaration Demands Managed Decline of Fossil Fuel Industry

Satellite image of Hurricane Irma

As Planet Rages With Fires and Storms, Ire Aimed at Murderous Climate Denialism

Parts of the Caribbean island of St. Martin were left flooded Wednesday after Hurricane Irma hit.

Caribbean Islands Pleaded for Climate Action. Hurricane Irma Shows Why.

A Storm That Could 'Rewrite History': Irma Most Powerful Atlantic Hurricane Ever

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is tracking Hurricane Irma, shown here approaching the Caribbean Islands in an infrared satellite image taken Monday night.

Caribbean Islands Brace for Impact of 'Monstrous' Hurricane Irma

Evo Morales: Latin America Must Fight US Coups with 'Democratic Revolution'

Obama Faces Latin American Opposition to Venezuela Sanctions as Cuba Joins Summit of the Americas

Island States Throw Off the Heavy Yoke of Fossil Fuels

Responding to Climate Change from the Grassroots Up

Permaculture Poised to Conquer the Caribbean

NSA in the Bahamas: 'Data Pirates of the Caribbean'

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Jubilee USA Network

Jubilee USA: Antigua and Barbuda and Islands Dealing with Irma Should Stop Debt Payments

Jubilee USA Network

Puerto Rico Debt Law Could Apply to US Virgin Islands

Oxfam International

Hurricane Matthew Bears Down on Haiti and Other Island Nations

Worldwatch Institute

First-Ever Sustainable Energy Roadmap for the Caribbean Launched

Center for Biological Diversity

Recovery Plan for Florida’s Endangered Corals Includes Call to Cut Carbon Pollution

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Richard Eskow

Disaster Recovery Should Heal, Not Divide, Our Communities

Robert Dodge

The Treaty of Tlatelolco: Giving Thanks to Our Latin American Neighbors Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons

Ricardo Seitenfus

Hillary Clinton and Electoral Coup in Haiti

Greg Grandin

Are You Haitian?

Medea Benjamin

Getting Down to Business in Cuba

Mark Weisbrot

Obama Could Face Disastrous Summit Due to Venezuela Sanctions

Miguel Tinker Salas

US Alone Once Again at Americas Summit

Mark Weisbrot

Obama Should Put an End to Extreme Austerity in Jamaica

Ben Terrall

In Haiti, Baby Doc Is Gone But Political Repression Is Alive and Well

William Loren Katz

Christopher Columbus Driven by Ill Winds

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