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Big Oil Outspent Clean Energy Groups by 27x

You’ve probably seen Big Oil ads promoting gas and oil companies as the solutions to climate change. They’re meant to…

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Military-Industrial Complex: The Endless Cycle of Profiteering and Chaos

I have frequently discussed how oligarchs have become very wealthy off our capitalist system – specifically the military-industrial complex. They…

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Africa: Countries Are Hurting From Strong Dollar

The US dollar has been advancing rapidly in response to the Federal Reserve’s resolve to keep raising policy rates for…

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COP27: One Breakthrough But Mostly Inadequate

For 30 years, developing nations have fought to establish an international fund to pay for the “loss and damage” they…

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War Industry: Subpoenas Served on U.S. Weapons Manufacturers

What is it like to be so ashamed of the company where you work that you cannot bring yourself to…

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Brazil: What Can The Western Left Learn From Lula’s Breathtaking Victory?

The extent to which Bolsonaro moved every lever he could against Lula to get reelected cannot be overstated. At the…

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Climate Change: Who Should Pay For Loss & Damage

Extreme flooding in Pakistan in 2022 affected 33 million people. Akram Shahid/AFP via Getty Images You may be hearing the…

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Vladimir Putin Warns West at Valdai Speech

The world is entering a new period of change as the pursuit of a more just world order clashes with…

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Podcast: From radiation to water pollution to cities, humans are now a driver of evolution in the ‘natural’ world

Humans do many different things to the environment, and there aren’t many natural processes – aside from an asteroid impact…

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Europe’s Far-Right Lurch

The struggle to save democracy is proving even more difficult in Europe than in the US. Virtually every European country…

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