Tag: climate change
Sierra Club sounds alarm, nominee Lee Zeldin ‘unqualified’ to head EPA
“The best-case scenario is that the EPA will lose four years in the fight for the planet. The worst-case scenario should send a shudder down your spine.”
How climate change threatens HIV care in vulnerable US communities
These disasters not only wreak havoc on infrastructure and displace communities, but also disrupt access to critical healthcare services.
Trump’s Energy Department pick: A Fracking CEO who claims ‘there is...
Wright’s history of denying the severity of climate change raise critical questions about his ability to lead an agency central to energy innovation and climate policy.
Trump’s appointment of fracking CEO Chris Wright to lead Department of...
Environmental advocates sound the alarm as President-elect Trump nominates Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright, a staunch fossil fuel supporter, to lead the Department of Energy.
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.
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Popular sugar substitute erythritol damages blood-brain barrier, elevating stroke risk
A new study shows how erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar alternative, directly damages human cells that comprise the blood-brain barrier.
House progressives demand answers over alleged abuse in US-Ecuador military operation
Lawmakers are demanding the Pentagon explain the legal basis for joint US-Ecuador operations after reports alleged civilian sites were bombed and detainees were tortured.
From ICE to Iran, veterans are challenging US militarism
Antiwar veterans are leveraging their unique credibility to oppose the war in Iran, stop ICE and support active duty resisters.
Amazon deforestation falls to eight-year low as scientists warn gains remain fragile
Researchers credit stronger enforcement and environmental protections in Brazil while warning that fires, illegal logging, and political threats continue to endanger the rainforest.
The fuel to my revolutionary optimism
As distant as it may seem, I am only two generations removed from the 1948 Catastrophe of Palestine, where over 750,000 Palestinians were displaced from their land, and thousands were massacred.