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Fossil fuel CO2 emissions are taking the world’s time-honored ecosystems, like the world-famous Amazon River, down onto their knees. The problem is greenhouse gases like CO2 and CH4 trap heat and excessive levels like we’ve been experiencing, create extreme heat;…

In modern times, the climate crisis has made its presence felt in every way: from rising temperatures to extreme weather events (floods, hurricanes, etc.), every year there are at least two or three cases of natural disasters that sound the…

Women’s Marches are being planned across the country ahead of Election Day to “show the strength of our feminist movement.” However, curiously missing from the talking points around the strength of the feminist movement is the women of Palestine –…

The worker-owned collective ChiCommons helps Chicago residents find local mutual aid-based organizations. By Damon Orion In July 2024, the Council Office of Financial Analysis (COFA) reportedthat Chicago, Illinois, was witnessing a struggling job market, a decrease in multifamily housing starts,…

The fear of World War III is becoming more pronounced in contemporary times due to the complexity of global political, economic, and military forces. In particular, the geopolitical crisis in Europe, the China-Taiwan tensions, the North Korea-South Korea Tensions, the…

Coral reefs throughout the world have suffered immensely from global heating due to human-caused climate change. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef — the largest coral reef system in the world — has experienced four mass bleaching events in seven years, leading to die-offs in up to half of…

On October 14, 2024, the annual Global Green Growth Week 2024 started its 8th hybrid conference in Seoul City, South Korea, bringing together policymakers, investors, innovators, thought leaders, and delivery agents from the public and private sectors to offer insights…

Three were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for their research on global inequality: Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and James Robinson, from the University of Chicago, shared this year’s prize for explaining differences…

Ten of Spain’s top fashion companies — like the owner of Zara, Inditex; H&M; IKEA; Decathlon; and Primark — will begin collecting discarded clothing beginning in April of 2025 as part of a year-long trial to manage textile waste, reported Reuters. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes…

An alliance of Indigenous, environmental and social campaigners are fighting to uphold a historic referendum that would protect part of the Ecuadorian Amazon. By Adem Ay Environmental activists rarely get to celebrate a major win for the planet, but that’s…