Saturday, April 27, 2024

California greenlights ‘Orwellian’ solar-powered fracking scheme

“It’s time the state put our lives first, not the interests of the oil and gas industry.”

Police violence meets spiritual resistance in the struggle over DAPL

An appeals court overruled the shutdown of DAPL, pending a full environmental review. The fight against a pipeline that provoked unprecedented resistance continues.

Fossil fuel industry engaging in ‘pervasive fraud’ that threatens global economy, report warns

Warning of an impending financial implosion driven largely by fossil fuel industry deception, a recent report calls on fossil fuel insiders and...

Coastal flooding could threaten millions and cost trillions by 2100, new study finds

"Globally we need to understand that changes of this nature will occur by 2100 and we need to plan how we are going to respond."

2019 marked a massive uptick in environmental activism as it did environmental activists’ deaths

"Land and environmental defenders play a vital role in protecting these climate-critical forests and ecosystems."

Omar, Sanders introduce End Polluter Welfare Act to close tax loopholes and eliminate federal...

"Today more than ever we need to protect people and the planet, not polluters and their profits.

Ocean plastic could triple by 2040, report finds

"If we're going to significantly reduce ocean plastic pollution, we need an innovative and rigorous approach to ensure that the strategies we design are set up to delivering results."

Whose allegiance? Three Percenters militia working in Bakken oil patch raises concerns of domestic...

“From a security standpoint the Three Percenters are probably among the most worrisome groups … it is not whether there will be a right-wing attack, it is when.”

What’s the point of subsidizing fossil fuels?

The industry fights to keep going and not to have to bear the cost itself of the environmental harm which it causes.

Stories from the youth climate movement in the Global South

Young people who had mobilized for the climate across the world in 2019 were right: Much environmental damage is the result of human action, and as such, can also be reversed through human initiative.