Monday, May 6, 2024

Must watch: Bernie Sanders and Bill Nye discuss climate change

“Instead of accepting that the climate is changing, deniers are denying the evidence and dismissing the authorities.”

Fracked Gas LNG Exports Were Centerpiece In Promotion of Panama Canal Expansion, Documents Reveal

Panama Canal's origins tie back to lobbying and the realization of corporate and Wall Street interests. Has the U.S. done the unconscionable?

Climate change: The potential impacts of collective inaction

Such irresponsible, reckless behavior adds grist to the mill of those both inside America and throughout the world.

Oil development is changing the rules of the game for wildlife

New research shows that oil drilling in Canada’s boreal forest is changing how wolves, caribou, bears and other species interact.

The US has the power to meet all of its clean energy needs

The stage is set for a rapid transition to renewable energy. But time is of the essence.

Researchers say, if we phase out fossil fuel, we can combat climate change

“The climate system is not stopping you [hitting the target], global society is stopping you.”

Diet, ignorance and the environmental crisis

Awareness is the critical ingredient in change, individually and collectively.

How politicians and lobby groups tried—and failed—to co-opt legitimate concerns over low traffic neighborhoods

Alongside the broad church of earnest opposition, disparate political interests adopted a series of talking points against the schemes for their own gain.

Gates Foundation among investors backing troubled DRC palm plantation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation along with a number of prominent U.S. university endowments are among the top investors in a troubled set of oil palm plantations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Too harmful: The march of salt and plastics on world soils

Unsustainable human activities are exacerbating soil salinity.