Tag: climate change
Progressive Briefing for Friday, October 12
Law students launch nationwide strike against illegitimate justice, Chinese intel officer arrested and charged with economic espionage, Enbridge Pipeline explosion forces First Nations community to flee, and more.
Ex-NASA scientist Dr. James Hansen: We need to act now to...
We speak with Hansen in Minneapolis about the valve turners, the recent IPCC report about the imminent threat of climate change and what must be done to save the planet from destruction.
10 worst plastic polluting companies found by global cleanups
In the U.S. specifically, a total of 70 cleanups determined that Nestlé, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola were the worst corporate plastic polluters, in that order.
Climate scientist: As UN warns of global catastrophe, we need a...
Or otherwise, millions will be imperiled by increasing droughts, floods, fires and poverty.
Dutch court of appeals upheld aggressive greenhouse gas emissions reduction, puts...
"The court of appeal's decision puts all governments on notice. They must act now, or they will be held to account."
In the race to achieve zero hunger and mitigate climate change,...
"In the race to beat food insecurity, achieve zero hunger, and address climate change, we must pay attention to the soil."
Scientists’ urge international body to protect and regrow forests as a...
"...our message as scientists is simple: Our planet's future climate is inextricably tied to the future of its forests."
Climate emissions from Gulf Coast’s new petrochemical, oil and gas projects...
And construction appears to be speeding up, with over 40 percent of those projects permitted between 2016 and mid-2018.
Fossil fuel divestment debates on campus spotlight the societal role of...
Divestment debates are forcing colleges and universities to reconsider how to contribute to a more resilient and sustainable future.
The US Defense Department is losing the battle against climate change
"None of us have any clue as to how bad it's going to be."
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Live by phony conspiracies, die by real conspiracies: Truth crawls from a swamp of...
On top of six months of popularity-killing blundering, reality is outing Trump—blowing apart obsolete fix-it moves.
Colbert’s termination is a corporate assault on dissent and a victory for Trump
Was he blindsided by media conglomerates eager to capitulate to him?
Texas lawmakers largely ignored recommendations aimed at helping rural areas like Kerr County prepare...
Although it had been only seven years since Hurricane Harvey, legislators now prioritized the state’s water and drought crisis over flooding needs.
CBO: Trump law will add $3.4 rrillion to deficit, boot 10 million off health...
Warnings about the law's impact on the national debt and the healthcare of millions—particularly Americans on Medicaid—were prominent during the GOP effort to pass the budget reconciliation package by Trump's Independence Day deadline.
To resist injustice in Gaza and the wider world
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is neither polemic nor memoir, although it contains elements of both.