Thursday, April 18, 2024

US fracked gas imports to EU could ‘take world far beyond safe climate limits’,...

Campaigners warn that the continued use and import of fracked gas “torpedoes critical climate targets and violates basic human rights.”

Tell Target to end handing out single-use plastic bags

Tell Target to eliminate plastic bags from its checkout counters.

EPA weakens guidelines for clean-up of toxic groundwater pollution by military contaminating millions of...

"We urgently need action to protect clean water not more deregulation."
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5 responses to climate change deniers

You can see the consequences of extreme weather all around us. Wildfires. hurricanes. droughts.

Running on Green New Deal and economic justice, socialists prevail in Spain’s snap election

"Sánchez came out in support of the U.S. Green New Deal – sometimes translated as 'El New Deal Verde' or 'El Green New Deal de España' – in January and has campaigned on it throughout the election."

Court upholds ban on offshore drilling, Trump administration shelves plan to expand into Atlantic...

"This decision is the result of constant pressure from coastal communities, environmental groups, and elected officials who made it abundantly clear that offshore oil and gas drilling is dangerous, unwanted, and a threat to our economy and way of life."

EPA decides not to regulate fracking wastewater as Pennsylvania study reveals recent spike

“Failure to update rules for the disposal and handling of dangerous oil and gas wastes is an egregious dereliction of duty and an intolerable threat to the health and safety of American citizens.”

Global inequality is 25% higher than it would have been in a climate-stable world

As is becoming increasingly clear, there are no quick fixes or easy solutions to climate change or inequality.

Flint: 5 years later, and our water is more threatened than ever

High levels of lead leached from the old pipes, poisoning a generation of Flint's children, and bacteria responsible for an outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease killed more than a dozen residents.

Trump administration to open a million acres of public holdings in California to ‘fracking...

"Trump's plan would unleash a fracking frenzy that puts California's people and wildlife in harm's way."