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You’re Fired!

From the Wire January 21, 2021

YOU’RE FIRED Not with a bang, but a boot. By Khalil Bendib | January 20, 2021

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Lowering the Barr

From the Wire November 20, 2020

LOWERING THE BARR Lower! By Khalil Bendib

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Orange skies in blue states

From the Wire September 16, 2020

ORANGE SKIES IN BLUE STATES What’s wrong with a healthy orange glow? By Khalil Bendib | September 16, 2020

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Pandemic no more

From the Wire July 22, 2020

By Khalil Bendib | July 22, 2020 Khalil Bendib is the OtherWords.org cartoonist.

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I can’t breathe

From the Wire June 3, 2020

Call it political brutality. By Khalil Bendib | June 3, 2020

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Small Signs: A Protest In Flagstaff, Arizona

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Flagstaff, Ariz This summer there were over 50 marches, actions, and demonstrations in Flagstaff, Arizona sparked as elsewhere in the country by the death early this summer of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Documentarian Levi Stallings spent hours taking and compiling video from the Flagstaff actions and sit down conversations with residents from all walks of life. Read more, see the video here…

“Years of Repair”: video

The film— entitled "Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair"— is a sequel to last year's "A Message from the Future with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" and runs with the idea that the year 2020 became an "historic turning point" for the world, one in which "the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and global uprisings against racism drive us to build back a better society in which no one is sacrificed, and everyone is essential." (Image: The Leap/The Intercept/Illustration by Moll Crabapple)

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“Your life is your life. Don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. Be on the watch. There are ways out. There is light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness. Be on the watch. The gods will offer you chances. Know them. Take them. You can’t beat death but you can beat death in life, sometimes. And the more often you learn to do it, the more light there will be. Your life is your life. Know it while you have it. You are marvelous. The gods wait to delight in you.”

Charles Bukowski

Small Signs reviews

‘Small Signs’, a powerful look at the underbelly of a tourist town

Meteor Staff 2020-10-23

by Madrone Kalil Schutten, Ph.D., Guest column for the Meteor Friday, October 23, 2020 Small Signs: A Protest in Flagstaff, Arizona is a documentary on the pulse of the second wave of the civil rights movement. Levi Stallings’ film hones in on the eruption of dissent incited by the murders of Ahmaud Arbery (February 23rd), Breonna Taylor (March 13th) and...

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Greenpeace says Japan’s plan to contaminate Pacific Ocean with Fukushima water would violate international law

From the Wire 2021-04-13

"The government has taken the wholly unjustified decision to deliberately contaminate the Pacific Ocean with radioactive wastes." by Kenny Stancil,...

Renewable energy smashes records in 2020

From the Wire 2021-04-05

'A Remarkable Story of Resilience and Hope "There is a huge amount to be done... The international community must look...

Cancel all coal projects to have ‘fighting chance’ against climate crisis, says UN chief

From the Wire 2021-03-03

"Phasing out coal from the electricity sector is the single most important step to get in line with the 1.5...

Lawsuit Reveals New Allegations Against PG&E Contractor Accused of fraud

From the Wire 2021-02-26

Former PG&E employees are accused of taking bribes to funnel business to a waste-hauling company. by Scott Morris, Bay City...

Media reaction: Texas ‘deep freeze’, power blackouts and the role of global warming

From the Wire 2021-02-21

This week, a blast of Arctic air has engulfed much of the central US, bringing freezing conditions and record low...

Arizona efforts to boost electric cars get so-so grades in new reports

From the Wire 2021-02-20

“We don’t mind paying our fair share and some extra fee to help pay for roads because we know that’s...

Environment-Water

America’s drinking water is surprisingly easy to poison

From the Wire 2021-03-17

The cyberbreach at a plant in Oldsmar, Florida, which could have resulted in a mass poisoning, was a reminder of...

‘It’s like nobody cares’: After two weeks without running water, Jackson, Miss. pleads for help

From the Wire 2021-03-02

"Water is a basic necessity and it just brought a lot of frustration, anger, and disappointment," said one of the...

Getting the lead out

Wade Rathke Meteor Columnist 2020-09-29

by Wade Rathke September 29, 2020 New Orleans We have to take progress where we can get it in...

New report details flooding/contamination risks at uranium mine near Grand Canyon

Meteor Staff 2020-05-01

April 28, 2020 Flagstaff, Ariz. The Grand Canyon Trust reports serious problems at the Canyon Mine uranium mine south of...

Climate change threatens drinking water quality across the Great Lakes

From the Wire 2020-04-30

Harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie, Sept. 4, 2009. NOAA/Flickr by Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI and Joseph D. Ortiz, Kent State...

Pandemic shines a light on critical water issues — 40% of the Navajo Nation lacks running water, will Congress fund solutions?

From the Wire 2020-04-19

Clean water is essential during the COVID-19 health crisis, but so far Congress hasn’t directed funds to help water utilities...

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A view of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's Pine Tree Wind Farm and Solar Power Plant in the Tehachapi Mountains on March 23, 2021 in Kern County.

Renewable energy smashes records in 2020

2021-04-05

'A Remarkable Story of Resilience and Hope "There is a huge amount to be done... The international community must look to this trend as a source of inspiration to go further." by Kenny Stancil, staff writer April 5, 2021 [caption id="attachment_30825" align="aligncenter" width="955"] A view of...

Cancel all coal projects to have ‘fighting chance’ against climate crisis, says UN chief

2021-03-03

"Phasing out coal from the electricity sector is the single most important step to get in line with the 1.5 degree goal." by Kenny Stancil, staff writer Wednesday, March 3, 2021 [caption id="attachment_30483" align="aligncenter" width="955"] In North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, wind turbines stand adjacent to a coal-fired...

The Gift of Ecological Humility

2021-02-27

These Afro-Indigenous practices challenge ideas of human supremacy. “I love to think of nature as unlimited broadcasting stations, through which God speaks to us every day, every hour.” —George Washington Carver, Tuskegee University, 1930 by Leah Penniman 6 MIN READ February 16, 2021 In my early 20s,...

Savannah and Sam Peyton, who were without power for days last week, huddle in multiple layers under a sleeping bag at their home in Austin, Texas, on Thursday night, Feb. 18, 2021. Temperatures plummeted to the teens and single digits across Texas, and at least 58 have died in storm-affected areas across the country from causes including carbon monoxide poisoning, car crashes, drownings, house fires and hypothermia. Credit: Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times/Redux

“Power companies get exactly what they want”: How Texas repeatedly failed to protect its power grid against extreme weather

2021-02-23

Texas regulators and lawmakers knew about the grid’s vulnerabilities for years, but time and again they furthered the interests of large electricity providers. by Jeremy Schwartz, Kiah Collier and Vianna Davila, ProPublica/Tx Tribune Tuesday, February 23, 2021 [caption id="attachment_30287" align="aligncenter" width="2000"] Savannah and Sam Peyton, who...

Reclaiming our common home: expand the commons to include everything we need

2021-02-18

Ecological civilization is based on the consciousness that we are part of the Earth, not her masters, conquerors, or owners. by Vandana Shiva Thursday, February 18, 2021 [caption id="attachment_30186" align="aligncenter" width="955"] The planet is 70% water. Our bodies are 70% water. Water is the ecological basis...

Planet Plastic

2021-01-29

The vast tonnage of this trash increases every minute, with an afterlife lasting centuries. by Jim Hightower, Other Words January 27, 2021 [caption id="attachment_29782" align="alignright" width="554"] Shutterstock[/caption] What do your toothbrush and your running shoes have in common? Plastic. We now live on Planet Plastic, where...

Biden praised for pause on drilling leases

2021-01-21

"Let's Turn This 'Temporary Halt' to Permanent Ban" "The federal oil and gas program is nothing but an injustice," said Jeremy Nichols of WildEarth Guardians. by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Thursday, January 21 [caption id="attachment_29484" align="aligncenter" width="955"] "Banning new development of oil and gas on federal...

Cheaper solar power means low-income families can also benefit – with the right kind of help

2021-01-20

"Until recently, rooftop solar panels were a clean energy technology that only wealthy Americans could afford. But prices have dropped, thanks mostly to falling costs for hardware, as well as price declines for installation and other “soft” costs. Today hundreds of thousands of middle-class households across...

Trump’s big gamble to gut US power plant emissions rules fails in court, opening door for powerful new climate rules

2021-01-20

by Daniel Farber, University of California, Berkeley Wednesday, January 20, 2021 The day before Joe Biden’s inauguration, he got a big judicial win for his climate agenda. The case involved plans for cutting power plant emissions and a big gamble by the Trump administration. Nearly a...

Federal Court Strikes Down Trump Coal Power Plant Rule

2021-01-19

'Major Win for the Planet' "This decision frees up the new Biden administration to begin working immediately on the science-based greenhouse pollution rules we desperately need to make up for lost time." by Andrea Germanos, staff writer [caption id="attachment_29334" align="aligncenter" width="955"] The Sherburne County (Sherco) Generating...

Defenders

5 things to know about plastic pollution and how to stop it

2020-12-06

Researchers continue to find new information about how widespread plastic pollution has become, but also how we can help stem the tide. by Tara Lohan, The Revelator December 3, 2020 [caption id="attachment_27986" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Plastic pollution lines a Singapore beach. Photo: Vaidehi Shah, (CC BY...

Jamal Kashoggi

Image of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi projected on the wall of the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C. on October 2, 2020, the second anniversary of his assassination. (Photo: Amnesty International/Twitter)

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5 years after Paris: How countries’ climate policies match up to their promises, and who’s aiming for net zero emissions

2020-12-13

Even if every country meets its commitments, the world will still be on track to warm by more than 3 degrees Celsius this century, a new UNEP report shows. Kevin...

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