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Climate scientists react to the debate

Climate change scientists reacting to the Harris-Trump debate say we can't keep propping up fossil fuels

Salon · Sep 12, 2024

Wall Street's role in climate change

Many big banks try to present a green image, but the largest banks in the world are the ones abetting polluters

Salon · Jun 3, 2024

‘A deranged fringe movement’: what is Maga communism, the online ideology platformed by Tucker Carlson?

Two young men are promoting a grab-bag ideology celebrating ‘honor’ and condemning ‘global elites’ – and winning powerful friends on the right

The Guardian - US · May 24, 2024

Long COVID has put 4 million out of work

A new study reckons with the incredible economic impact of long COVID, which has erased over 2% of the workforce

Salon · Sep 1, 2022

Who are the eight economists who decide when the US is in a recession?

The US Commerce Department on Thursday announced that the country’s gross domestic product had fallen for the second consecutive quarter, although President Joe Biden said the economic data overall “doesn’t sound like a recession”. In most countries, two successive quarters of GDP decline qualify as a recession – but not…

France 24 · Jul 31, 2022

Climate change squeezes the supply chain

The baby formula shortage is one manifestation of a supply chain crisis worsened by climate change

Salon · May 14, 2022