Jeffrey St. Clair: By far the biggest scandal in town, entirely unreported, is the new Alaskan oil rush. … Following the standard script for the Clinton Administration, it is a story of special access and special rights, greased by well-placed lobbyists, secured by corporate campaign disbursements and involving the transference-on an almost unfathomable scale–of public wealth into private hands. … Read more

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Iris Crawford: The Shinnecock community no longer lives off the water as it once did — rapid development, pollution and warming waters have led to losses in fish, shellfish and plants that were once central to the Shinnecock diet and culture. … That’s why Tela Troge, an attorney and member of the federally recognized tribe, started planting […]

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George Wuerthner: The proposed 211-mile Ambler Road would connect the Dalton Highway (pipeline haul road) with the Ambler Mining District in the western Brooks Range. The ore belt that stretches for 200 miles contains copper, cobalt, lead, and zinc and could be one of the most valuable deposits in the world, especially as people turn to […]

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Claudia Horn: At this conference, the most vulnerable are supposed to negotiate with the most powerful. … While all continents have seen extreme weather events in 2022, those in Africa are chronically underreported. … Africa causes only 4 percent of global emissions. … Half of all global emissions are caused by the world’s richest 10 percent. […]

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