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.
Environment
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.
Does the Amazon Now Have a Shot at Survival?
Colombia has new leaders who see the direct link between plutocracy and the plunder of our most valuable ecosystem.
Gustavo Petro’s Victory Brings an Opportunity to Reverse Inequality in Colombia
Running on a platform of gender equity, progressive taxation, and environmental protection, Colombia’s first leftist president could bring much-needed change to a deeply unequal nation.