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"Yesterday's announcement changes nothing on the ground. Indigenous nations have opposed oil extraction in these territories for decades, previous rounds failed to deliver, and the fundamental obstacles remain."

The post Ecuador Announces Launch of New Oil Auction for End of 2026 first appeared on Amazon Watch.

“Amazon’s latest announcement is a flailing attempt at damage control for the harm its data center build-out has already caused. Compared to the $220 billion the company is investing in data centers this year alone, Amazon’s commitment of $1 billion over five years for community support is a drop in the bucket. It is difficult […]

A New Jersey county has become the latest local government to sue major oil and gas companies, seeking to recover costs from damage caused by worsening flooding and other climate change impacts.  The filing comes just days before the U.S. Supreme Court takes up Boulder, Colorado’s climate case against Big Oil in a proceeding whose […]

As nations met this week in Bangkok for informal meetings on a United Nations plastics treaty, more than 70 developing countries supported addressing all causes and drivers of plastic pollution, environmental advocates said. Countries that comprise more than a quarter of the global plastics demand support strong measures to fight plastic pollution, said Giulia Carlini, […]

"Regardless of the election outcome, decisions involving mining, oil, and infrastructure must respect Brazil’s sovereignty, environmental laws, and the rights of Indigenous peoples and traditional communities.”

The post U.S. Shutters Embassy in Brazil Days Before Presidential Vote, as Brazilian Authorities Warn of Possible Coup Preparations first appeared on Amazon Watch.

BALTIMORE, MD — The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) selected yesterday the Chalk Point Storage Project (Prince George’s County, 400 MW) and Jade Meadow III Battery Storage (Garrett County, 40 MW) under the Round 1 solicitation of the Next Generation Energy Act (NGEA). A coalition of clean energy and environmental organizations thanks the Commission for […]

The post Maryland PSC Approves Two Battery Storage Projects; Coalition Urges Continued Progress Toward Grid Reliability Goals appeared first on Chesapeake Climate Action Network.

Federal auction of 43 parcels, including land inside SB 1137’s health protection zones, puts California’s landmark public health law in the crosshairs of Trump’s […]

The post As Trump Sets Largest Oil & Gas Lease Sale in Almost 20 Years, 75 Groups Urge Gov Newsom: Protect California Before You Go appeared first on Last Chance Alliance.

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.

Irish goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu took a brave stand by refusing to play against Israel on Sunday night. It was the cowardice of football’s governing bodies and their refusal to exclude Israel from international competition that made his stand necessary.

It’s a mark of the influence of Bernie Sanders’s first presidential campaign that the American political landscape before he ran looks unrecognizable now. Most of the hundreds of socialists who now hold power across the country were directly inspired by it.

Eric Hobsbawm was a master of what he self-deprecatingly called haute vulgarisation, Oxbridge-inflected confident generalization based on selectively chosen data. He combined this elite education with popular appeal in a way few had done before.

New revelations allege French far-right leader Jordan Bardella was once an obsessive antisemite who wrote that Jews dominate and rob other peoples. While his National Rally party has airbrushed its image, the conspiratorial worldview remains at its core.

Drive the Pacific Coast Highway, spearfish alongside Great White sharks, surf in Santa Cruz, dive for lobster, cast a line or set a crab pot: California is defined by its 840-mile coastline. Managing the miles of beach, reef and cliffsides that define the state is a complicated and controversial process and has long left out […]

Two major challenges could complicate efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay. First, a new executive order from President Donald Trump revoked the longstanding framework for coordinating federal efforts to protect the bay. Second, seven Virginia tribes withdrew from formal participation after the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership denied them the signatory status they sought. The new […]

Below is a video message from the Green Party of Ukraine to the Autumn 2026 conference of the Green Party of England & Wales (2-4 October, Brighton), in which Tetiana Bodun sends greetings and appeals for solidarity. For a video from Ukrainian-heritage Young Greens activist Valentina Butenko, who is proposing the Ukraine solidarity motion to … Continue reading Green Party of Ukraine appeals to Green Party of England & Wales conference for solidarity

With Washington and Moscow, Part 11, and Endnote: A Proxy War for Kamala Harris?

PHOTOS AND VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE OTTAWA / ANISHINABE ALGONQUIN NATION TERRITORY — On the heels of announcements on the West Coast “Pacific Link” oil pipeline and LNG Canada’s Final Investment Decision (FID), and coinciding with Parliament’s Latin American Heritage Month, a first-of-its-kind delegation of nine Indigenous leaders and parliamentarians from Ecuador, Brazil and Colombia with […]

The freedom and flourishing of children were central to Marx’s vision of human emancipation and his critique of capitalism.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—It’s time to act. It’s long past time.  That was the case made by lawyers for the Southern Environmental Law Center, who filed a petition Wednesday in Jefferson County Circuit Court asking a judge to force local health officials to act on a 2023 air permit renewal application for ABC Coke, the nation’s largest […]

It’s been ten years since Bernie Sanders’s first presidential run — a run that transformed the Left and our sense of the possible in this country. It should be remembered as one of the most consequential electoral campaigns in US history.