Senate hearing calls out the influence of dark money in blocking climate action
Until the U.S. political system changes and limits the amount of money, and its corresponding power, in politics, the deck will remain stacked in favor of the fossil fuel industry when it comes to Congressional action on climate.
Fighting poverty can also fight deforestation, new study finds
A government program to help poor, rural Indonesians through direct cash payments had the unexpected effect of reducing deforestation by 30 percent in participating villages.
Climate crisis will shift tropical rain belt and create food insecurity for billions, study...
"We know that the rain belt shifts toward this heating, and that its northward movement in the Eastern Hemisphere is consistent with these expected impacts of climate change."
Biden admin cancels oil, gas leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland authorized cancellation of the remaining leases.
Evoking the Wrath of Nature
Capitalism has placed monetary profit above the maintenance of life. "Ignoring the warnings of native communities, we have evoked the deadly wrath of nature. And I fear we may not be able to find our way back."
EPA repeals climate pollution limits on power plants, drawing lawsuits and asthma warnings
The rule change could also block future administrations from ever regulating power plant emissions again, and one Arizona county already failing on air quality could be among the first to feel it.
California legislature climate watchdog committee has little bite
The California Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies met for the first time this session on July 9, just days before the California...
Fossil fuel companies donated $700 million to US universities over a decade, possibly influencing...
The authors of the study say funding of this kind can influence research programs and policies toward climate resolutions preferred by the industry.
Shot with rubber bullets, hospitalized, jailed: Line 3 protester Tara Houska decries police attack
20 water protectors were brutally arrested in Minnesota as resistance to the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline continues.
UN report says up to 850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless...
Rather than prioritising the prevention of pandemic outbreaks, governments around the world primarily focus on responding.