IPCC report: How to make global emissions peak and fall – and what’s stopping...
It’s at this level that people must focus much of their attention, to outweigh the influence of fossil fuel companies, find novel ways to fund decarbonisation and steer the economic recovery from COVID-19 towards a low-carbon future.
What to do about the water
You don’t have to be a person in poverty to see water as a real problem.
How corporate lawyers made it harder to punish companies that destroy electronic evidence
Federal judges were penalizing big companies for destroying emails and other evidence. So the companies lobbied to have the rules changed. Since then, a ProPublica analysis shows, the rate at which judges issue penalties has fallen by more than half.
UN environment chief: Make polluters, not taxpayers, pay for destroying nature
A "pollution-free planet" is achievable but the world must take immediate action to meet that goal.
Top US oil lobby API targets landmark EU climate law, policy document shows
The declaration coincides with U.S. fossil fuel companies’ use of Trump’s trade tensions and international discord to undermine EU climate laws.
Trade Rules Trump Climate Action: U.S. Blocks India’s Ambitious Solar Plans
India has been told that it cannot go ahead as planned with its ambitious plan for a huge expansion of its renewable energy sector,...
The first ever US oil lease sale in the Arctic is a huge fail
“Essentially, the Trump administration had a party, hoped the oil industry would show up, and it didn’t.”
Rapacious consumerism and climate change
A massive education program is needed to bring about a shift in thinking and behavior.
Canada passes ‘Free Willy’ bill banning whale and dolphin captivity
"Today is a really good day for animals in Canada."
EPA chief met with Dow Chemical CEO before deciding not to ban toxic pesticide
This is just the latest in a long list of examples of the Trump administration working with corporate polluters before reversing public safeguards