Sanders at top of Greenpeace bold climate action scorecard; Biden at bottom
"Show us you have the mettle to take on the oil executives standing in the way of progress towards the green, prosperous future our country deserves.”
‘Another win for the climate’: Judge orders disclosure of climate impacts on public lands...
“This isn’t a matter of doing more paperwork, it’s a matter of enforcing restraint to preserve our ability to keep making progress for the climate.”
A million extinctions eclipsed by one royal grandbaby
Mainstream media gave more time to the royal baby’s birth in the week he was born than to all stories about the climate crisis in all of 2018.
Rise of the extinction deniers
Just like climate deniers, they’re out to obfuscate and debase the scientists and conservationists trying to save the world — and maybe get rid of a few pesky species in the process.
Costa Rica to become first country in world that’s both plastic and carbon-free
“Decarbonization is the great task of our generation and Costa Rica must be one of the first countries in the world to accomplish it, if not the first.”
How Indigenous peoples won a landmark victory protecting the Amazon from oil drilling
The Waorani people of Ecuador won a historic lawsuit to save their homes – and the planet – from destruction.
Big oil pushes corporate-friendly carbon tax in attempt to stem Green New Deal wave
Backed by top global corporate powerhouses, the plan is driven by an industry-friendly logic firmly within the bounds of the neoliberal imagination.
Climate denying Trump administration rebrands fossil fuels as ‘freedom gas’
“After two years spent unraveling the policies of his predecessors, Mr. Trump and his political appointees are launching a new assault.”
Fossil fuel subsidies mean using public money ‘to destroy the world:’ UN Chief
"We need to tax pollution, not people, and to end subsidies for fossil fuels."
Climate activists bring insurgent message to Exxon shareholder meeting: #ExxonKnew, it’s time to #MakeThemPay
“It’s time Exxon pay for its destruction. For years, I've seen the rise of extreme oil and gas extraction – fracking and tar sands – and increasingly extreme weather events of the climate crisis.