UN climate expert urges criminalization of fossil fuel disinformation to protect basic human rights
The report presents the human rights argument for decisive political action to reduce the devastating impacts of the climate crisis.
Report finds climate polluters are spending millions on sports sponsorships
"Sport is in the frontline of the climate emergency but floats on a sea of sponsorship deals with the major polluters."
An Escape Hatch for Corporate Cons
While corporate crimes produce horrible injuries, illnesses and deaths, they are almost always settled by fines and payoffs. Why is it that criminal corporate executives are always given a “Get Out of Jail Free” card?
‘Colossal waste’: US leads way in public spending on false climate solutions
The U.S. leads the way in spending public money on so-called climate “solutions” that have been proven to “consistently fail, overspend, or under perform,” according to an analysis.
Youth climate activists change legal strategy
They will ask the court to rule the U.S. energy system violates their constitutional rights to due process and equal protection under the law, and to order the U.S. government to establish a plan to transition off of fossil fuels.
Biden admin slammed for plowing ahead with ‘illegal’ lease sale amid offshore oil spills
One attorney said her environmental group is “deeply disappointed by the Biden administration’s failure to follow the law and to fulfill its promises. So we will see them in court.”
Help save creatures great and small on World Animal Day
On this international day of action, participants aim to "raise the status of animals in order to improve welfare standards around the globe."
Federal Reserve wants climate risk analysis from 6 largest US banks
The Federal Reserve called the review a “pilot exercise” to make sure the U.S. financial system is ready for the various risks presented by the climate crisis.
In ‘glimmer of accountability,’ executives, loggers charged in 2014 murders of four Indigenous land...
Environmental campaigners called the charges "unprecedented."
As Trump scorned COVID-19 precautions, climate deniers echoed and expanded that message
Trump isn’t the only politician who’s urged inaction on both climate and COVID.