Friday, October 2, 2026

Tag: climate change

All 5 living former U.S. Presidents come together for Harvey relief...

“As former presidents, we wanted to help our fellow Americans begin to recover.”

Limbaugh says Irma hurricane warnings are a scheme to benefit retailers,...

Just eight days after Vice President Pence appeared on his show, Limbaugh once again promotes fringe theory about hurricane forecasts.

Trump nominates climate change denier to head NASA

Bridenstine would be “devastating for the space program.”

What Trump and his team have wrecked so far

Here's a round up from the "While He Was Tweeting" series.

Climate change is making fish smaller

As ocean temperatures climb, many species of fish – tuna among them – likely will shrink.

Climate breakdown

The only way we can mitigate and adapt to climate breakdown is by working together toward the common goals of reducing our carbon footprint.

Meeting Paris goals means dealing with climate impacts of eating meat

With our already slim chances of avoiding “dangerous” global warming, the science suggests we can’t afford to leave food and farming off the negotiating table.

Fox & Friends attacks public schools for teaching climate change and...

Pete Hegseth: Parents “don't understand that even our public schools today ... have an agenda”

Women play key role in solar energy projects

Many women from rural areas around the world are now actively taking the responsibility to protect the environment, their families and livelihoods.

Harvey won’t be the last thousand-year storm

We can, and should, do everything we can to support those who need relief in the Texas gulf right now. We should also recognize that the water will keep coming.

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The U.S. Capitol. Photo: Noclip, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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.
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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.
A gas flare at a landfill in Ohio. Photo: Vince Reinhart / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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.
A U.S. election sign. Photo: Lars Plougmann / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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.
A used car lot in Lansingburgh, New York. Photo: Tyler A. McNeil / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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.