Kick fossil fuel interests out of climate policy process, campaigners urge
A broad coalition of 138 green groups submitted an open letter calling for decision-makers to address the “elephant in the room holding back global climate ambition: the fossil fuel industry and its lobbying.”
New Zealand to ban PFAS in cosmetics
While the New Zealand EPA determined that cosmetics manufactured in the country were mostly free of PFAS, 90 percent of the cosmetics sold in the country are imported.
Air conditioning
Shaping the twentieth century, baking the twenty-first century.
Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ regulatory rollbacks fuel surge in protective climate lawsuits
With President Trump’s intensified attacks on climate policy during his second term, lawsuits challenging U.S. federal actions drove global climate litigation, a new analysis shows.
Renewables helped prevent blackouts on New England’s hottest day this summer
As much as 22 percent of power usage in New England on June 24 came from behind-the-meter solar.
Scientists have now linked worsening Western wildfires to top polluters
“This study represents a significant breakthrough in attribution science — directly linking wildfire destruction in a specific region to the largest global carbon producers.”
Death by Fracking
One man-made process that could drive human species to possible extinguish is fracking. While Wall Street bankers and hedge fund managers are profiting from this cycle of destruction, humans are suffering.
The anti-empire report #159: The mind of the mass media
What is it that motivates such people? I think it’s mainly that they realize that blame for much of environmental damage can be traced, directly or indirectly, to corporate profit-seeking behavior, an ideology to which they are firmly committed.
Stormwater could become an important water source—if we stopped ignoring it
Collecting runoff from rain and other precipitation to aid water supply has great potential, but its many benefits are often overlooked.
7 environmental takeaways from the 2020 election season
There were several big-picture environmental takeaways from the election season.