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Feature
6 Greenwashing Schemes That Show Corporations Will Never Lead on Climate
More and more companies are setting public goals for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. History shows they can't be trusted.
Christine MacDonald
Dispatch
Activists Sue LaGrange, Georgia, for Denying Water, Gas and Electricity to Undocumented Immigrants
Without a Social Security number and U.S.-issued photo ID, you can’t get basic utilities in cities across the South.
Allison Salerno
Dispatch
This Community Built a Democratically Controlled Water System. Now They Have To Defend It.
Across El Salvador, water rights are under threat from corrupt politicians and corporations.
Christine MacDonald
Feature
The Stealthy Corporate Scheme to Privatize Pittsburgh’s Water System
When private companies take over public water systems, service often deteriorates. Pittsburgh could be next.
Doug Shields
Feature
Baltimore Joins Global Movement, Becoming the First Major U.S. City to Ban Water Privatization
The global movement to stop privatization deals and expand public ownership just scored a huge victory in Baltimore, as residents voted overwhelmingly to ban putting their water in private hands.
Thomas M. Hanna
Feature
Lead Is a National Crisis: We Need to Fight for Clean, Publicly Owned Water Before It Is Too Late
Four years after the Flint water crisis began, our nation remains plagued by unsafe drinking water. The solution is a massive public investment in infrastructure.
Rep. Keith Ellison and Wenonah Hauter
Rural America
Why Progressives Need to Rethink the Rural-Urban Divide and Build a Coalition
Sarah van Gelder
Rural America
How the Hydroponics Industry Is Undermining Everything the Organic Farming Movement Stands For
Dan Bensonoff
Feature
Bill McKibben: Where the Climate Movement Can Still Make Progress, Even Under President Trump
Moving forward won't be easy, but we can help prevent the worst.
Bill McKibben
Feature
Why Your Water Could Be Worse Than Flint’s
Our nation's water crisis requires radical solutions.
Laura Orlando
Feature
“Privatization is not the solution”: Michigan Activists Fight for Water Justice
A six-day march from Detroit to Flint by a coalition of community organizations recently protested issues of water justice facing Michigan residents.
Ashley Bohrer
Culture
The Climate Change-Induced Dystopia of ‘The Water Knife’ Is Not Just Sci-Fi—It’s Already Here
The climate change-induced tragedies The Water Knife chronicles are already happening today; they’re just not happening to us—yet.
Jessica Stites
Dispatch
A Privatized River Runs Through It
To win its eminent domain suit, Missoula must prove that it is the best manager of its drinking water.
Kate Whittle
Dispatch
Water, Water, Nowhere
When water becomes scarce, conservatives become environmentalists.
Theo Anderson
Feature
A Win in the Water War
Stockton, Calif., residents have stopped one multinational company from taking over their water system, but other localities remain threatened
Megan Tady