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Across the country, incarcerated people are doing the dangerous, backbreaking work of cleaning up environmental disasters and feeding industrial agriculture — for as little as pennies an hour. It's not rehabilitation. It's a subsidy for the same corporations destroying the planet, and it's built on a foundation of racial injustice that most of us never see.
Thousands of young, idealistic workers are taking 'sustainability' roles at major corporations, convinced they're making a difference. But a growing number of insiders say the green job market is less about saving the planet and more about saving a company's reputation. We talked to workers and whistleblowers — here's what they told us.
Millions of American workers are unknowingly bankrolling oil drilling, pipeline construction, and coal extraction through their retirement accounts — and most have no idea it's happening. The financial industry has turned your future security into a weapon against the planet's future. But you have more power to push back than they want you to think.
Every April, Americans file their taxes believing that money funds schools, roads, and the social safety net. What the government doesn't advertise is that a staggering chunk of it quietly flows to oil, coal, and gas companies — industries that are actively dismantling the climate. It's time to follow the money and demand it back.
That bargain rack at the mall looks a lot less like a deal when you trace where it came from. Fast fashion's business model runs on cheap labor, toxic chemicals, and the quiet assumption that some people's health and some communities' water supplies are acceptable collateral damage. It's time to call that what it is.
Mega investment firms are snapping up rental housing across America, jacking up rents, and leaving tenants trapped in energy-guzzling buildings — all while blocking the kind of community-led development that could actually address both the housing and climate crises. This isn't just a housing problem. It's an environmental justice emergency.