Revealed: The climate-conflicted directors leading the world’s top banks
65% of directors from the banks analyzed had connections to polluting industries and obstructive lobby groups.
“Climate capitalism is killing our communities”: Protesters disrupt Gov. Brown’s SF climate summit
Protesters disrupted Bloomberg’s speech at the summit’s main plenary.
Complacency and the environmental catastrophe
Complacency, apathy and hypocrisy coalesce to form the most noxious causes of climate change and environmental vandalism.
German Environment Agency Finds Increase of Glyphosate in Urine Since 2001
In 2001 glyphosate was detected in the urine of only 10% of the participants, in 2013 it was present in just under 60% of the test group, and most recently in 2015, it was 40%.
Warren, Sanders, and Gillibrand top performers on 2020 climate leadership scorecard
"We're making it clear where 2020 candidates land on the policies and practices essential to any meaningful attempt at addressing the climate crisis."
‘This country is a tinderbox’: Australia braces for more devastation as gov’t denies climate...
As thousands of evacuees fled to the beaches, conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison is facing growing outrage for his inaction on climate and close ties with the coal industry.
GOP Senators, fueled by industry cash, propose bill to expedite small scale LNG exports
The Rubio-Cassidy bill also calls for small-scale LNG exports to be considered by default in the “public interest.”
What comes after this plastic-filled pandemic?
A new generation of medical professionals is tasked with undoing decades of hospitals’ easy reliance on single-use plastic.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, October 5
Over 300 arrested at Senate offices during #CancelKavanaugh sit in, who talked to the FBI in the Kavanaugh investigation, Virgin Atlantic flies first commercial plane on recycled waste carbon gas and more.
Increasing renewable energy use in the US brings billions in benefits, study finds
The United States’ increasing use of renewable energy has improved air quality and reduced the country’s greenhouse gas emissions while producing monetary benefits in the hundreds of billions of dollars.