Sunday, May 5, 2024

UK government confirms ban on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton swabs

"So today I am taking action to turn the tide on plastic pollution, and ensure we leave our environment in a better state for future generations."

Climate enemy Biden: The Extinction Rebellion’s top recruiter

“We’ve run out of elections to waste,” and a presidential contest between such climate policy empty suits as Trump and Biden would be a suicidal waste of the timeliest election for climate policy ever.

350.org on Senator Schumer’s support for the Climate and Community Protection Act (CCPA): ‘A’

"Now, the legislature must pass the strongest possible climate justice bill, and Governor Cuomo must sign it into law. The world is watching.”

Trump admin. pushes more ‘clean coal’ spending as Justice Department investigates failed ‘clean coal’...

Other environmental organizations warn that continued funding for carbon capture not only offers false hope that coal can be “clean,” but it also undermines progress toward more realistic goals.

Trump’s EPA is changing its math to make clean power plan rollback seem less...

"Using fake math to hide the death toll from dirty air at the behest of the coal industry is sadly consistent with the Trump administration's complete disregard for public health."

Money, media and the climate crisis

Most voters are in favor of greater economic equality, and a safe long-term future for their grandchildren. We owe it to future generations to act now!

Trump administration downplays danger of air pollution in new regulatory rollbacks

"Now, to benefit coal interests, the U.S. EPA wants to simply ignore the health impacts that occur below their self-imposed limit."

Breaking: ‘I’ve shut down BP. Here’s why.’

BP are just motivated by their profits, regardless of the damage they’re doing. And their time has come to an end.

‘A new and unanticipated danger of plastic pollution’: New study shows plastic’s effect on...

The study is the first of its kind to look at the impacts of plastic on this type of bacteria.