The tar sands project “poses a significant threat to water, Indigenous treaty rights, and worsens the global climate crisis,” the group wrote to Biden’s Interior Secretary. “So far, President Biden and the Army Corps of Engineers haven’t listened to our voices — we are hoping they will listen to yours.” Indigenous women leaders invite […]
“Today’s bombshell report from the International Energy Agency is easy to translate,” said Bill McKibben. “Anyone who continues to engage or invest in fossil fuel development is wrecking the climate.” To avoid the most catastrophic effects of the climate emergency, countries around the world must immediately transition from extracting and burning fossil fuels to utilizing […]
“The NRA’s bankruptcy was deemed to be bad faith, much like every promise and statement the organization has made for decades,” said one group working to end gun violence. “The NRA cannot escape justice.” Advocates for gun violence prevention rejoiced Tuesday when a federal judge dismissed the National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy case, ruling that the […]
“Poor countries are developing rich countries, not the other way around.” Capitalist powers have drained $152 trillion from the Global South since 1960, according to new peer-reviewed research quantifying the reproduction of inequality on the world scale. In an Al Jazeera essay written Thursday, three social scientists—Jason Hickel, an economic anthropologist at the University of London; Dylan Sullivan, […]