Tag: climate change
If Asia leads on climate, the world will follow
China and South Korea could be game changers on climate – and create a more peaceful region in the process.
Moyers and McKibben: Time is running out for the planet
Bill Moyers talks with Bill McKibben about his new novel Radio Free Vermont and the nonfiction ways to fight the system.
US is now the ONLY country not in Paris climate agreement
Trump's stance on climate change and his withdrawal from the Paris Agreement has generated intense global criticism.
Ahead of COP23 climate talks: 25,000 march demanding end to ‘era...
"We don't have time to play games of climate denial or greenwashing of dirty energy."
Puerto Rico suffers while defending against disaster capitalism
While more disaster capitalists will be lining up, the resilient population of Puerto Rico will build momentum for renewable alternatives to the fossil-fuel power grid that has failed them.
CO2 levels reached all-time high in 2016
Hopefully, this drastic increase in CO2 levels will be discussed and debated in the upcoming climate talks.
Minority communities suffer from storms as GOP and Trump admin promote...
“People are going to die from cancer and have mold for the chaser.”
7 reasons why Jeff Flake is awful on climate change and...
Here are seven reasons why Jeff Flake has been awful on the issues which, for humanity in the long run, arguably count the most.
We don’t think of Californians as climate refugees yet, but we...
Texas. Florida. Puerto Rico. California. The growing climate disaster toll ought to raise questions about where humans can and should live.
New EPA climate change website doesn’t mention ‘climate change’
"It is beyond comprehension that EPA would ever purposely limit and remove access to information that communities need to save lives and property."
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The President from Hell (and High Water)
Tom Engelhardt on what a Democratic sweep in November would and would not change, and a $2.8 billion bomb sale to Israel.
Colorado sues to stop private immigration detention center in Hudson
The state says the federal government never studied what a 1,200-bed facility would do to a town of about 1,600, its water supply or local wildlife.
Residents sue Avenal landfill operators over toxic gases and alleged underground fire
State records cited by a community group show carbon monoxide readings of up to 3,420 parts per million in landfill wells, more than double the level regulators say suggests a subsurface fire.
Crystal Mason’s belief in democracy was shaken — but not destroyed
For 10 years, Texas prosecutors accused her of voter fraud after she cast a provisional ballot that was never counted in the 2016 election. That changed Thursday.
Credit Acceptance agrees to million settlement over unaffordable subprime car loans
Borrowers who lost cars to repossession will get million in debt relief, and the lender must cap vehicle prices at 109% of retail book value for seven years.