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Rural Americans in pharmacy deserts hurting for Covid vaccines

From the Wire March 3, 2021

by Markian Hawryluk March 3, 2021 As the Biden administration accelerates a plan to use pharmacies to distribute covid-19 vaccines, significant areas of the country lack brick-and-mortar pharmacies capable of administering the protective shots. A recent…

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Drought

John Whipple February 16, 2020

By John Whipple Every year, our family would take the day’s long drive to my grandparent’s farm in Western Missouri. It is from these experiences that drought draws its blood. The song speaks to what my…

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Small Signs: A Protest In Flagstaff, Arizona

Last summer there were over 50 marches, actions, and demonstrations in Flagstaff, Arizona sparked as elsewhere in the country by the death last 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)

“Can you remember who you were,

before the world told you who

you should be.”

–Charles Bukowski

Be your life

“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

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Sinema pushing $100 billion in climate cuts from reconciliation bill

From the Wire 2021-10-09

A Sunrise Movement leader said the Arizona Democrat's reported proposal for the Build Back Better package is "not surprising since...

Monsoons make deserts bloom in the US Southwest, but climate change is making these summer rainfalls more extreme and erratic

From the Wire 2021-10-05

Lightning during a monsoon storm in southern Arizona, Saguaro National Park. (Photo: Pete Gregoire, NOAA) by Diana Zamora-Reyes, University of...

Environmental money scams

Wade Rathke Meteor Columnist 2021-09-27

by Wade Rathke September 27, 2021 Pearl River No question. Climate change is a big deal. For every hurricane...

PG&E Charged With Manslaughter

From the Wire 2021-09-26

11 Felony Counts— 2020 Zogg Fire "PG&E has a history with a repeated pattern of causing wildfires that is not getting...

40 million people rely on the Colorado River. It’s drying up fast.

From the Wire 2021-08-27

One of the country’s most important sources of fresh water is in peril, the latest victim of the accelerating climate...

Postcard from Thermal: surviving the climate gap in Eastern Coachella Valley

From the Wire 2021-08-19

In the climate crisis, it’s possible to live in the same place but inhabit different worlds. by Elizabeth Weil and...

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Postcard from Thermal: surviving the climate gap in Eastern Coachella Valley

From the Wire 2021-08-19

In the climate crisis, it’s possible to live in the same place but inhabit different worlds. by Elizabeth Weil and...

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...

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) arrives at the U.S. Capitol for a vote on May 18, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

‘We had a deal’: Warren joins Sanders and house progressives in fight for Biden’s agenda

2021-09-29

"The agreement from the beginning was that all the pieces would move together," said the Massachusetts Democrat. "I don't want to see that deal broken." by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Wednesday, September 29, 2021 [caption id="attachment_44751" align="alignright" width="353"] Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) arrives at the U.S....

Lake Mead, the nation’s largest freshwater reservoir, has been losing water because of epochal drought since 2000. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

40 million people rely on the Colorado River. It’s drying up fast.

2021-08-27

One of the country’s most important sources of fresh water is in peril, the latest victim of the accelerating climate crisis. by Abrahm Lustgarten Friday, August 27, 2021 [caption id="attachment_37584" align="aligncenter" width="2560"] Lake Mead, the nation’s largest freshwater reservoir, has been losing water because of epochal...

‘Keystone XL Is Dead!’: After 10-year battle, Climate Movement victory is complete

2021-06-10

"Keystone XL is now the most famous fossil fuel project killed by the climate movement,' said one veteran campaigner, "but it won't be the last." by Jon Queally, staff writer June 9, 2021 [caption id="attachment_31454" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaking at the southern...

Demonstrators attend a protest demanding climate action on November 18, 2020. (Photo: Getty Images)

2021-2030: The Renewal Decade

2021-06-06

Protecting and regenerating the viability of our blue-green home is the essential work of the next few years. Everyone is needed and we each have a role to play. by Diana Donlon June 5, 2021 [caption id="attachment_31417" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Demonstrators attend a protest demanding climate action...

Ending food insecurity in Native communities means restoring land rights, handing back control

2021-05-30

Since the 1980s, an influx of fast food restaurants and convenience stores and an exodus of supermarkets in poorer neighborhoods across the U.S. have led to chronic disease disparities in low-income communities and racial minorities. This is especially true among the U.S.‘s Native population. by Valarie...

Arizona’s current historic drought may be ‘baseline for the future’

2021-05-27

by Alyssa Marksz, Cronkite News May 27, 2021 [caption id="attachment_31317" align="aligncenter" width="2000"] Soybeans show the affect of a 2013 drought in Texas, near Navasota, in this USDA file photo. Officials say Western states remain locked in the grip of a historically severe drought, with the past year...

Engine No. 1’s big win over Exxon shows activist hedge funds joining fight against climate change

2021-05-27

by Mark DesJardine, Penn State and Tima Bansal, Western University One of the most expensive Wall Street shareholder battles on record could signal a big shift in how hedge funds and other investors view sustainability. Exxon Mobil Corp. has been fending off a so-called proxy fight...

Climate activists on Wednesday celebrated a Dutch court's ruling that Royal Dutch Shell must cut its carbon emissions 45% by 2030. (Photo: Friends of the Earth Europe/Twitter)

Court Rules Shell must cut CO2 emissions 45% by 2030

2021-05-26

'Landslide Victory for Climate Justice' "This is a turning point in history," said an attorney who noted that the ruling "may also have major consequences for other big polluters." by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Wednesday, May 26, 2021 [caption id="attachment_31311" align="aligncenter" width="955"] Climate activists on Wednesday...

Climate activists protest on the fist day of the ExxonMobil trial outside the New York State Supreme Court building on October 22, 2019 in New York City. (Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

Activist Investors Score Surprise Win With ExxonMobil Board Seats

2021-05-26

'A Seismic Shift' for Big Oil "The outcome is a sign that Exxon's morally inept and fiscally questionable long-term climate strategy is finally catching up with it," wrote one journalist. by Kenny Stancil, staff writer Wednesday, May 26, 2021 [caption id="attachment_31307" align="aligncenter" width="955"] Climate activists protest...

Indigenous Rights groups join Michigan Gov. Whitmer in demanding shutdown of Enbridge’s Line 5

2021-05-11

The governor called the pipeline a "ticking time bomb" as her deadline of Wednesday, set last year for the Canadian company, fast approached. by Julia Conley, staff writer Tuesday, May 11, 2021 [caption id="attachment_31155" align="aligncenter" width="955"] Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at a rally on October 31,...

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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