Tag: climate change
Billionaire emissions outpace lifetime footprints of average individuals, new report shows
The report examines how the super-rich’s use of luxury transportation and investments in polluting industries exacerbate the climate crisis.
Billions in fossil fuel subsidies worsen global health threats amid record-breaking...
2024 Lancet Countdown Report calls for redirection of $1 trillion in subsidies to combat health impacts of climate change.
‘Serious risk’ of vital ocean current collapse by 2100, warn scientists
If it collapsed, it could lower temperatures in some parts of Europe by up to 30°C.
Twin phantasms: Electoral and climate denialism
"Denialism: the practice of denying the existence, truth, or validity of something despite proof or strong evidence that it is real, true, or valid."
Hurricanes Milton and Helene were intensified by climate change, researchers find
Hurricanes Helene and Milton are following the trend of these storms becoming supercharged and more likely to form, according to a pair of studies from the World Weather Attribution.
The first gas utility sued for climate deception
The company has portrayed gas as “safe, clean, and environmentally friendly,” despite the fact that methane, its primary component, is 80 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
Earth on the brink: 25 of 35 vital signs reach record...
These findings emphasize the severity of the climate crisis and outline a global emergency that requires immediate action to avert catastrophic consequences.
Hurricane Milton’s fury exposes gaps in emergency response and highlights growing...
The storm has also revealed cracks in emergency preparedness, as rescue efforts struggle to keep up with the scale of destruction.
West Coast climate activists battle the false ‘solution’ of forest biomass
Up and down the West Coast, the burgeoning biomass boom threatens to derail hard-won progress on climate, ecosystem protection and environmental justice.
Ocean temperatures 800 times more likely due to climate crisis fuel...
According to Climate Central, a research organization specializing in climate impacts, the record-breaking sea temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico provided the fuel that allowed Hurricane Milton to intensify at an unprecedented pace.