Environment

"So, essentially, Nancy Pelosi is reviving a 10-year-old committee, the Select Committee for the Climate Crisis, but we find that it’s actually woefully and inexcusably short – falls short of what we need in this moment in terms of climate ambition in this crucial juncture in history."

Failing to hold private equity firms accountable exacerbates existing inequities.

Addressing these challenges requires integrated national and global actions, collaboration between scientists and policy makers, and long-term funding – approaches that the current Brazilian administration seems intent on destroying.

It may take some time, but eventually investors wake up — or run out of money.

The study adds weight to the idea that the most effective deforestation enforcement strategy is not to regulate the Amazon’s 400,000 ranchers and farmers, but for government to enter into effective deforestation enforcement partnerships with the slaughterhouses.

The developers seeking to build the Byhalia Connection oil pipeline through predominantly Black neighborhoods called it quits.

Poor air quality from burning fossil fuels such as coal and diesel was responsible for more than 8 million deaths in 2018.

Farmers are largely exempt from federal or state regulations that could stem water pollution.

Scientists call the coral reefs the “rainforests of the sea,” because coral reefs—like rainforests—are highly diverse ecosystems; their destruction would lead to the extinction of a large number of species.

Global Warming Policy Foundation has admitted that it shared an “erroneous” temperature data set to support false claims that global temperatures aren’t rising.