Decades of lobbying weakened Americans’ gas mileage and turbocharged pain at the pump
The oil and automotive industries, as well as the Koch network, undercut efforts to make today’s fleet of vehicles more efficient and less reliant on fossil fuels.
Phthalate exposure linked to increased risk of childhood cancer, study finds
The data also shows a nearly three-fold higher rate of osteosarcoma (a bone cancer) and a two-fold higher rate of lymphoma (a blood cancer).
Conservative party-linked Facebook page, Canada Proud, a major source of climate disinformation
Leading the charge is Canada Proud, a right-wing Facebook page with close ties to the Conservative Party, which made post after post in the early days of the invasion urging the country to export more hydrocarbons to Europe.
Gas flaring can harm people 60 miles away, study finds
Researchers found that people don't have to be right next to oil and gas fields to experience respiratory distress from flaring.
Three years after the first global school strike, signs of the youth climate movement’s...
Instead of succumbing to the challenges of the past few years, young climate activists are learning to adapt and build on their past actions.
Déjà vu all over again
Such consequences that you have never encountered in your history.
Legal action against Shell board previews wave of lawsuits against company directors
Individuals are expected to be a growing target of legal action on climate change, with activists, investors, and regulators looking carefully at how companies and their boards disclose and respond to climate risks.
Fossil fuel extraction threatens Africa’s remaining elephants
The growing global outcry against the destruction caused by the oil and gas industry has pushed leaders to address their actions to...
How to get past despair to powerful action on climate change
The evidence is clear that people are changing the climate dramatically. But human actions can also affect the climate for the better.
The impact of Green New Deals on Latin America
A new wave of extractivism from the Global South is the hidden side of the energy transitions in the North.