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Environment
Answering the Attacks on the Green New Deal: *Not* Implementing it is too Expensive
Compared to Asia and Europe, the United States is a transportation embarrassment
Carbon farming: how smart agriculture can both feed people and fight climate change
Peat soils are immensely carbon-rich
Britain sees Hottest Winter Day in Recorded History as Global Heating Accelerates
Northern Europe’s ‘Year with no Winter’
Marshall Islands Consider Radical Measures to Survive Fossil Fuel-driven Rising Seas
It will involve selecting islands to raise, add to, or build upon
Over our Heads: Climate Crisis Produces Stationary Catastrophic Weather Systems
If tropical cyclones are moving more slowly, this can leave particular regions bearing the brunt of the rainfall
Capitalism vs. Socialism Is a False Choice: We need true democracy to Avoid self-extinction.
( Yes! Magazine) – Economic power is—and always has been—the foundation of political power. Those who control the peoples’ means of living rule. In a democracy, however, each person must have a voice in the control and management of the means of their living. That requires more than a vote expressing a preference for which […]
Democracy and the Green New Deal Demand higher Taxes on Rich
Tie the U.S. corporate tax rate to the ratio between CEO and worker pay
Trump’s Wall an Ugly Scar Across Hot Zone of Biological Diversity, Threatening Endangered Species
Prevents migration of ringtail cats, bighorn sheep, kit foxes, and Mexican gray wolves