Finland becomes world’s first country to make legally binding carbon negativity pledge
“There is an important gap between current measures and those required to reach the targets, and now there is a legal obligation to act.”
Major corporations have ‘broken promises and funded seditionists’ since Jan. 6, reports reveal
The report focuses on 20 Fortune 500 companies and 10 industry groups that have contributed over $3.3 million to the eight senators and 139 representatives collectively dubbed the “Sedition Caucus” since a right-wing mob stormed the Capitol last year.
Rain and heat, fire and snow
The world as we knew it really is ending faster than some of us ever expected.
New reusable cup pilot project to reduce waste footprint launches in Petaluma, Calif.
The initiative, whose slogan is "sip, return, repeat," is part of California's fight to phase out single-use plastics.
Ivory Kingpin Jailed for 20 Years
The conviction and sentencing of ivory kingpin sends a message to poachers and traffickers harming animals, humans and the environment.
World to cut emissions with or without Trump
Officials say future climate action will require farsightedness, political courage, intelligent regulations and getting corporations on board.
Bank risk policies failing to protect Amazon from oil-related threats: Report
“And you have an ecosystem like the Amazon biome that is so vulnerable to climate change and so biodiverse, the argument is there to just not be involved in oil and gas extraction in the region at all.”
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 2, 2018
Warren urges delay in confirmation vote for CFPB Director, new President of Mexico vows to ban fracking, Portland cracks down on fossil fuels, and more.
Forest Service files proposal to rescind the roadless rule on more than 44 million...
The rule's own text puts the 2001 protections at 58.5 million acres, and comments close at midnight on September 21.
People power: 160,000 European protesters demand action on climate crisis
"The objective of the march is to challenge the Belgian government as well as the heads of state and government who will attend the European Council summit in Brussels on 21 and 22 March."