Automakers show ‘concerning’ lack of engagement on human rights and climate, analyses reveal
The analysis of 30 car companies found the auto sector to be the worst performing corporate sector ever assessed by World Benchmarking Alliance's human rights benchmark.
Solar, wind surge in 2021 ‘another testament of renewable energy’s resilience’
"Despite the encouraging global trend," said IRENA Director-General Francesco La Camera, a new publication "shows that the energy transition is far from being fast or widespread enough to avert the dire consequences of climate change."
Progressive Briefing for Friday, June 29, 2018
#WomensMarch marches against Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy, Nestlé continues to take California water, the Koch brothers plan for the next Supreme Court justice, and more.
Who’s Driving Climate Denial? Big Companies and Conservative Media
Companies which signed the environmental pact and then gave political donations to climate deniers are PepsiCo, Dupont, Mondelez, Google, AT&T, Verizon and GE.
Nearly 20,000 animals seized in global wildlife trafficking crackdown
Nearly 20,000 threatened and protected animals were rescued in a global policing operation coordinated by Interpol at the end of 2024.
Energy Transfer pipeline projects on hold in Pennsylvania after string of violations
“There has been a failure by Energy Transfer and its subsidiaries to respect our laws and our communities. This is not how we strive to do business in Pennsylvania, and it will not be tolerated.”
Trump campaign is selling plastic straws to ‘make straws great again’
"Now you can finally be free from liberal paper straws that fall apart within minutes and ruin your drink."
Collusion or coincidence? Records show EPA efforts to slow herbicide review came in coordination...
Released communications show the EPA and Monsanto working in concert to stall a toxicology review that a unit tied to the CDC was conducting on glyphosate.
Climate-denying Koch brothers back purchase of Time Magazine
So nearly thirty years after Time’s iconic “Planet of the Year” cover, the magazine could soon be running headlines like: “Exclusive: the world is flat.”
The ‘big con’ revealed: Report details fossil fuel industry’s deceptive ‘net zero’ strategy
"Big polluters and rich governments should not only reduce emissions to Real Zero, they must pay reparations for the huge climate debt owed to the Global South."