Northern California has been battling wildfires since early October, which have burned almost 250,000 acres, killed 42 people, displaced 100,000 residents, and destroyed thousands of homes. The hardest-hit areas have been Napa and Sonoma counties, the epicenter of the U.S. wine industry, and Santa Rosa, a town of 175,000 50 miles north of San Francisco. […]
Energy & the Environment
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Scott Pruitt’s Dirty War on Clean Water
Pruitt’s aggressive effort to repeal the Clean Water Rule is the latest battle in the Trumpian attack on environmental regulations, democratic norms, and the rule of law.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
In Hurricane Season, Underwater and Behind Bars
The poor, the old, and the disabled seldom seek shelter—because they can’t. And often no one evacuates inmates.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Puerto Rico’s Double Whammy: Irma and Hedge Funds
The fiscal constraints the island’s bondholders have inflicted will make hurricane recovery very difficult.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Harvey Is Not a Natural Disaster
Much of Harvey’s devastation could have been avoided with an eye to how communities grow in hurricane-prone areas—and how they respond to the overwhelming needs of their most disadvantaged residents.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump’s Giddy Firetruck Photo-Op Evidence of National Emergency
What will it take for Congress to save the country from this thug?
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Will Harvey Dent Trump’s Climate Change Denial? (Probably Not)
Trump brings his un-presidential touch to the Southeast Texas disaster-in-progress
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West Virginia’s One Progressive Party
By the standards of other states’ Green Parties, West Virginia’s Mountain Party has had surprising success in establishing a foothold—chiefly because the Democrats there are the nation’s most conservative.Â
Posted inWorking in America
Can Organic Farming and Unions Transform California’s Hottest Farm Belt?
Combined, they have to power to improve the lives of farmworkers and save the Salton Sea.
