Crisis shows dangers of corporate deregulation and makes the case for a Green New Deal

“We followed U.S. law, and asked for asylum. After one night together, I was told, ‘You don’t have any rights here, and you don’t have any rights to stay with your son.’”

A 20-foot metal sculpture about to go up on a city roundabout was designed in part by Mexican children who have survived the violence in Juárez. And the sculpture will use recycled metal that came from parts of confiscated guns that were melted. The $70,000 project, called “Uplift,” is a representation of a flock of 600 birds taking flight. The ...

A Texas judge has ordered TransCanada to temporarily halt work on a private property where it is building part of an oil pipeline designed to carry tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast, the latest legal battle to plague a project that has encountered numerous obstacles nationwide. Texas landowner Michael Bishop, who is defending himself in his legal ...

WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) — This year, residents of Midland, Texas sued Dow Chemical for dangerous levels of hexavalent chromium in their drinking water. Chromium-6 is a cancer-causing chemical made infamous by Julia Roberts’ film, “Erin Brockovich.” There are currently no drinking water standards for chromium-6, and the chemical industry is delaying a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency assessment labeling it ...

Consider it a taste of the future: the fire, smoke, drought, dust, and heat that have made life unpleasant, if not dangerous, from Louisiana to Los Angeles. New records tell the tale: biggest wildfire ever recorded in Arizona (538,049 acres), biggest fire ever in New Mexico (156,600 acres), all-time worst fire year in Texas history (3,697,000 acres).