Aggregator

The artificial intelligence boom poses serious health risks while the Trump administration is dismantling crucial safeguards designed to protect the public, according to former officials at the federal agency responsible for environmental protection. A report released Thursday by the Environmental Protection Network—an organization led by former Environmental Protection Agency staffers—outlines hazards from the rapid rise […]

Jon Rosenthal, a Democratic state representative from Houston, is facing off against Bo French, a far-right Republican culture warrior from Fort Worth, for a seat on the commission that regulates the oil and gas industry in Texas.  In an interview with Inside Climate News during a campaign visit to El Paso this month, Rosenthal shared […]

In 1998, unusually hot ocean temperatures stressed corals worldwide, causing them to expel the microalgae living within their tissues that normally nourish the tiny animals and give them color. Over the next year, more than 20 percent of the world’s reefs turned white during the first global coral bleaching event on record.  Fortunately, some of […]

CLEMMONS, N.C.—The man came out of nowhere, but he seemed to be on their side.  Dozens of residents of Clemmons, a small village south of Winston-Salem, were alarmed about a proposed asphalt plant that could be built in their neighborhood, Rolling Green Village.  The man, who said his name was Chris Sanderson, told neighbors he […]

This article was originally published by Public Health Watch, a nonprofit investigative news organization. Find out more at publichealthwatch.org. GALVESTON, Texas—Maya Hart’s hand stung as she gripped her Dodge Ram’s stick shift. She winced in pain and slammed on the brakes — a routine the 45-year-old mother had mastered in the 24 hours since she […]

by Norman Solomon

But 25 years ago, the impulse to avenge the horrors of 9/11 was instant. Fear and rage blended into high octane for war machinery.

by Theresa Leisgang and Gerriet Schwen

Climate communication has often emphasized hope, success and the possibility of staying within the 1.5°C threshold. Theresa Leisgang and Gerriet Schwen argue that this approach can obscure the severity of the climate crisis. Drawing on climate science, research and conversations with scientists, journalists and activists, they examine the growing evidence of ecological and social breakdown and the limits of optimistic narratives. They call for more honest communication about climate overshoot, systemic risks and the possibility of profound disruption. Rather than abandoning action, they argue for a form of hope grounded in realism: acting to protect life, prepare for crises and pursue meaningful gains even when outcomes remain uncertain.

by Stacy Malkan

Twenty years ago, the Gates and Rockefeller foundations launched the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), promising agricultural transformation from improved seeds, synthetic fertilizers, mechanization, and commercial markets. Now, nearly 20 years of data are in, and AGRA’s results fall far short of its promises. They raise fundamental questions about AGRA, the Gates Foundation and their influence on African governments and institutions.

by Feroze Mithiborwala

Greece is witnessing growing public opposition to the government’s strategic relationship with Israel. The backlash has spread across political parties, trade unions, port workers, civil society groups and local communities. Dockworkers have blocked shipments of military equipment, while left-wing parties have called for an arms embargo and an end to military cooperation. Protests have also targeted Israeli investment in Greek real estate and the impact of foreign capital on housing. As the 2027 national elections approach, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s pro-Israel policies are facing increasing scrutiny. Feroze Mithiborwala examines the political, economic and social forces behind this growingopposition.

by Isabella La Rocca González

Photographs, storytelling, poetry, and well-documented research unveil the immense suffering, ecological devastation, worker exploitation, and economic injustice caused by the animal agricultural industry.

Florida’s wildlife agency has proposed new rules to strengthen protections for sloths imported into the state, four months after an Inside Climate News investigation revealed dozens of wild sloths from South America died at a planned Orlando tourism attraction.  The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission already requires individuals and businesses in Florida to obtain […]

Donald Trump and the Republicans want you to be terrified of socialists. But they really don’t want to talk about our core economic policies, because the moment you spell those policies out, they sound pretty good.

This story is a collaboration between Inside Climate News and CityView NC, part of The Assembly Local Network. North Carolina and a handful of local governments agreed to settle with Chemours over its pollution in the eastern part of the state, the parties announced on Thursday. The company will pay the state and 11 entities […]

At American universities, nap pods and meditation apps paper over backbreaking workloads. As higher education increasingly conforms to corporate logic, its most durable product becomes a student with a proven capacity for overwork.

Art critic, novelist, Marxist, lover, exile, storyteller: John Berger resisted every easy definition. His new biography embraces the contradictions he left behind.

The decline of the much-touted billionaires’ Giving Pledge.

As US foreign policy grows more belligerent than ever, Americans are getting less and less information about the rest of the world.

A modest proposal.

General Douglas MacArthur was determined that West Point graduates would uphold the most romantic definitions of honor. Instead his credo fostered a culture of duplicity and institutional subterfuge, leading to real-world military fiascos.