Trump names industry lobbyist and climate science denier Mike Catanzaro as top White House...
“This is likely to be the most influential domestic energy policy position within the White House [and] will comfort industry and conservatives who view him as a champion for free-market energy and environment policy.”
Largest beef giant promises to go deforestation-free by 2035
“JBS has just promised at least 14 more years of forest destruction.”
Goldman Sachs becomes first major American bank to prohibit Arctic oil financing
“Goldman Sachs is right to recognize that destroying the Arctic Refuge would be bad business. We hope other American banks will follow their lead.”
At COP26, Indigenous, black, and brown activists offer radical solutions for climate change
While elites fixate on technological fixes such as “net zero” emissions, communities of color fear it will disproportionately impact them and instead demand a just phasing out of oil and gas—and a seat at the table.
‘Horific’: Two-thirds of Great Barrier Reef damaged in ‘unprecedented’ bleaching
Combating global warming is really the only way to help protect the rest of this coral.
Doomsday clock moves to 100 seconds before midnight due to threats of nuclear war...
"We ask world leaders to join us in 2020 as we work to pull humanity back from the brink."
Trump administration attempt to gut NEPA sued by a broad coalition of groups
“What is best for big business and Washington lobbyists is rarely what is best for local communities.”
New study says earthquakes in Texas are caused by fracking
So far this year TexNet seismographs have recorded 209 earthquakes, compared to 192 in 2018.
New study reminds us of the sickening rate at which ice is melting
“That’s just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. As the Antarctic ice sheet continues to melt away, we expect multi-meter sea level rise from Antarctica in the coming centuries,”
Wax worm saliva can degrade stubborn plastic within hours, scientists find
Wax worms (Galleria mellonella) could both digest and biodegrade plastic, causing visible damage to a PE-plastic bag in just 40 minutes.