Is Mining Money Behind the Arrest of Salvadoran Water Defenders?
The five detainees include leaders of the campaign that won the world’s first metals mining ban in 2017 -- a ban the cash-strapped government may be moving to overturn.
Environment
Can We Talk Sensibly about Inequality and Ignore the Rich?
Not if we want to see a safe, decent, and sustainable future, say UN researchers
A Mining Lawsuit in Guatemala Shows How Trade Courts Put Big Corporations First
Local resisters are calling for a different economic model — one that prioritizes clean water and soil, healthy communities, peace, dignity, and self-determination.
Global Climate Talks Spark Action Against Investment Treaties Favoring Fossil Fuel Corporations Over People and Planet
Climate activists are demanding total elimination of the anti-democratic investor-state dispute settlement system.
An Economist That Future Economists — and Societies — Will Dare Not Ignore
Without greater equality, Herman Daly helped us understand, our environment has no real shot at renewal
What Threatens Florida More, Hurricanes or the Rich?
Pols in the Sunshine State would rather keep taxes on the wealthy low than average families safe.
In Long Fight for Climate Justice, Activists Win Key Victory Against Manchin and Fossil Fuel Industry
Environmental and climate justice movements flexed their growing power in Washington, beating back a dirty environmental deregulation bill — for now.
Making Earth the Shareholder
Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, a reluctant billionaire, puts company in trust devoted to address ecological crisis.
What’s Hiking the Heat Up So High This Summer?
The maldistribution of American income and wealth is playing a seldomly recognized rising-temperature role.