Thursday, April 25, 2024

Making Trump and other climate criminals pay

The sad truth is it may not be possible to punish all the climate criminals in Congress with one-way rides on icebergs.

Antarctic Peaks Reveal Sea Rise Threat

A pioneering fieldwork study of mountain heights and boulders in West Antarctica supports computer predictions that global sea levels could rise steeply by 2080.

Ecuador residents vote against new oil project in the Amazon

Petroecuador, the state oil company, will be required to dismantle its operations at the park's eastern edge in the Amazon in the coming months.

Inmates in Flint Forced to Consume and Use Contaminated Water for Months

Genesee County inmates were given bottled water for five days, then told it was safe to consume tainted tap water again.

Big polluters must be ‘held liable’ for destruction of climate, campaigners say at COP...

“For decades, big polluters have gone to any lengths to block, weaken, and delay policy. That time is over.”

ExxonMobil is still bankrolling climate science deniers

The world’s largest oil company says climate change is real, yet continues to finance climate denier groups.

Led by Sempra Energy, ‘Global Natural Gas Coalition’ launched with Trump admin and labor...

To date in 2018, Sempra has spent over $1 million on federal lobbying, with two teams (one in-house and one contracted team) lobbying in support of LNG exports.

It’s time to stop calling natural gas a ‘bridge fuel’ to a safe climate,...

“We simply have no more time to debate what’s already been settled. We must move swiftly to a fully renewable energy economy and leave all fossil fuels, including gas, behind."

Vicious cycle of increasing wealth gaps, disproportionate climate harms is worsening globally, report finds

“Global inequalities seem to be about as great today as they were at the peak of western imperialism in the early 20th century.”

Taking farmers for a ride

Trump’s trade disruptions are inflicting real pain, but they’re also exposing the frailty of an agriculture economy built for big business.