Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Rain and heat, fire and snow

The world as we knew it really is ending faster than some of us ever expected.

The ‘historical jigsaw of climate deception’: Private notes show how Big Oil spread climate...

“These documents are another stain on the fossil fuel industry's track-record as a disingenuous rogue agent in climate science and politics.”

Toxic chemicals found in rainwater and drinking water throughout the US

"When your water is polluted with toxic PFAS, it's not much comfort to know who is polluting it."

The faces of extinction: The species we lost in 2019

Three bird species, two frogs, a shark, a famous snail and one of the world’s largest freshwater fish were among those declared extinct this year.

Tribal members in Oklahoma defeat natural gas pipeline company

Federal court orders removal of natural gas pipeline in Oklahoma for trespassing on original Kiowa Indian lands.

Plain Radical: Living, Loving and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully

Crony capitalism, corporate personhood and too-big-to-fail corporations are the biggest problems in today’s economy. Robert Jensen's new book offers an honest economic analysis, which critiques capitalism.

The Koch brothers & Trump: The men who sold the world

With the help of the Koch Brothers, Trump and the Republican Party have “moved in the opposite direction from virtually the rest of the world.”
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UK bans all new petrol and diesel cars by 2040

"A clear policy to move people towards cleaner vehicles by banning the sale of petrol and diesel cars and vans after 2040 is welcome."

How the world’s first CO2 pipeline explosion turned a Mississippi town into ‘a zombie...

Effects from Satartia Gas Leak still linger for some in town.

Oil pipeline on Native lands ramps up as Canada honors its Indigenous People

“In the context of our climate emergency, when Indigenous peoples stand against pipelines, we are not only standing up to protect our land rights, we are also standing up for everyone on the planet and future generations that come after us.”