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The Supreme Court Has Done Us Dirty on the Clean Water Act The Supreme Court Has Done Us Dirty on the Clean Water Act
The recent ruling in Sackett v. EPA drastically weakens the Clean Water Act.
Jun 13, 2023 / Column / Elie Mystal
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Green Rationales for Harsher Immigration Policies Are Nothing New Green Rationales for Harsher Immigration Policies Are Nothing New
White supremacists adopt the language of environmentalism to push both grotesque anti-immigrant bigotry and a broader, unnerving far-right agenda.
May 1, 2023 / Stan Cox
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Nothing Encapsulates the False Promise of Capitalism Like Plastic Nothing Encapsulates the False Promise of Capitalism Like Plastic
Individual good intentions can only carry us so far when the global recycling system is stacked in favor of the oil industry.
Apr 18, 2023 / Nanjala Nyabola
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How Vanuatu’s Climate Campaign Could Save the World How Vanuatu’s Climate Campaign Could Save the World
The tiny island country has pushed the UN and the International Court of Justice to take unprecedented action that could help avert planetary catastrophe.
Apr 5, 2023 / Julian Aguon and Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh
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The Planet Will Warm Past 1.5°C. What Now? The Planet Will Warm Past 1.5°C. What Now?
The only way of ensuring that the overshoot is temporary is to decisively defeat the fossil fuel cartel.
Apr 4, 2023 / Tom Athanasiou
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Ben Jealous’s New Mission: Saving the Planet Ben Jealous’s New Mission: Saving the Planet
The civil rights leader discusses his position at the helm of the Sierra Club.
Mar 9, 2023 / Q&A / Danielle Renwick
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Ralph Nader Remembers Michael Pertschuk Ralph Nader Remembers Michael Pertschuk
Mike was called the “101st Senator”—his life and work offer invaluable lessons for today’s progressive movements and electeds.
Feb 23, 2023 / Ralph Nader
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Buttigieg’s Paralysis After the East Palestine Disaster Is a Gift to the Hard Right Buttigieg’s Paralysis After the East Palestine Disaster Is a Gift to the Hard Right
Unless Democrats offer solutions, the GOP will be able to stoke racism.
Feb 17, 2023 / Jeet Heer
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Apartheid American-Style Apartheid American-Style
The City of Jackson versus the Mississippi State Legislature.
Feb 16, 2023 / Makani Themba
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Against Climate Optimism—Because “Team Normal” Won’t Save the World Against Climate Optimism—Because “Team Normal” Won’t Save the World
Some of us refuse to go along with a mainstream climate movement that settles for genocide.
Dec 19, 2022 / Wen Stephenson