Tag: climate change
Is your bank financing the climate crisis? And what can you...
“Almost everyone has a bank account—and so almost everyone can be part of the solution.”
Revealed: Big Oil told 70 years ago that fossil fuel emissions...
Compelling new evidence shows this pattern of behavior was already hardwired into the industry’s DNA by 1955 and persists today.
The military-industrial complex is fueling climate catastrophe—let’s demand accountability at COP
For our survival and for each other, we must demand climate justice that tells the truth.
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.
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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.