Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Drilling our way to climate doom

“The world is not living sustainably, and if you look at history, civilizations have disappeared due to that reality.”

Sanders says last thing California needs is ‘some right-wing Republican governor’

“The September 14 recall of Governor Newsom is a bold-faced Republican power grab. Don’t let it happen.”

Old McPontiff Had a Farm

Who knew—Pope Francis has a farm. And on his farm he is providing a living model of a sustainable food system to the public. Just one more reason he is living up to his reputation as the “People’s Pope.”

We’re miscalculating the cancer risk from a massive class of chemicals: MIT study

"I think regulators, whether it's in air, soil or sediment, are getting the message … in Europe and the U.S. that you really have to take a much broader look at PAHs in terms of exposure and risk."

The Supreme Court’s Clean Water Act decision threatens the nation’s rivers

Leaving river protections to states doesn’t make sense when rivers cross state lines.

Ahead of COP30, UN report warns 1.5°C breach as countries commit to just 10...

With fewer than one third of Paris Agreement signatories submitting updated climate plans, the UN’s new synthesis report shows global pledges would cut emissions by only 10 percent by 2035 as world leaders admit “overshooting is now inevitable.”

Babies born in high-intensity oil and gas areas are 70% more likely to develop...

"This study provides further evidence of a positive association between maternal proximity to oil and gas well site activities and several types of CHDs."

Arctic word games or Indigenous survival?

Indigenous leaders call climate change an urgent threat that requires a global response (an idea that was trashed by the Trump administration).

How a bird flu outbreak wiped out a generation of seals in Patagonia—and what...

An unprecedented avian flu outbreak in Argentine Patagonia devastated a stable elephant seal colony, highlighting the rising threat of infectious disease to wildlife in a warming world.

Small steps against climate change

Let’s start thinking about ways such as this to stop necessary waste.