These are some climate stories that flew under the radar in 2020
“To put it simply, the state of the planet is broken.”
As California considers dropping fossil fuels from major pension funds, new report calls out...
“California cannot be a climate justice leader if we continue to invest in the companies that are polluting our environment.”
‘Sociopathic disregard for our future’: Trump EPA set to gut restrictions on planet-warming methane...
Amid dire scientific warnings that the international community must act immediately to slash greenhouse gas emissions, President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency...
US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration to award millions for port improvement projects
$580 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to fund 31 port improvement projects in 15 states and one U.S. territory.
Latest figures reveal that the world uses 500 billion plastic bottles annually
Plastic bottles will soon take over the entire Earth, literally.
Congress Grills ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron and the American Petroleum Institute on their roles...
DeSmog has collected short clips from some of Thursday’s most illuminating moments.
The impact of plastic on human health
We know that plastic is choking the planet. But it could be killing us, too.
Child refugees hit record in Latin America, Caribbean as climate crisis, poverty grip region
"The unprecedented scale of the child migration crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean urgently requires a stronger humanitarian response as well as the expansion of safe and regular migration pathways for children and families," said one international advocate.
Nuclear power pushing at the UN’s COP28 Climate Change Conference
In the way of a vested interest, nuclear interests, corporate and governmental, moved in on COP28.
The green new deal must be global
June 2019 was the hottest June in recorded history. July was even hotter — in fact, it was the hottest month ever recorded...