Saturday, May 18, 2024

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.

Climate suit claims fossil fuel development poses ‘existential threat’ to Utah’s youth

"Utah's fossil fuel development policy poses an existential threat to Utah's children, sacrificing their health, safety, and lives for the short-term profits of the fossil fuel industry."

New data reveals annual increase in US trophy trade trends between 2016 and 2020

“The vast volume of hunting trophies pouring into the United States represents a massive exploitation of wildlife during a global extinction crisis.”