Tag: climate change

In the fall of 2023, activists with Extinction Rebellion Netherlands, or XR NL, were able to create an important whirlwind moment that may serve as a model for the next wave.

“Expensive, dirty and dangerous nuclear energy, a clear showpiece of the industry event, is a fairytale distraction from the real work of moving to clean energy. It’s no solution to the climate crisis we face.”

Legislation targets federal handouts fueling enhanced oil recovery while exacerbating the climate emergency.

So while the U.S. pushes China to do more, it also strategically undermines its efforts. 

The Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act would require major fossil fuel companies to pay into a damages fund, modeled after the Superfund, to help mitigate the harm caused by their contributions to global warming.

Progressive organizers, labor leaders, and advocacy groups emphasized the clear choice between the two candidates.

This is the main focus of the Summer of Heat on Wall Street, a sustained campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience against financiers like Citigroup.

The U.S. leads the way in spending public money on so-called climate “solutions” that have been proven to “consistently fail, overspend, or under perform,” according to an analysis.

They identified 21,518 deaths during this period where heat was either the underlying or a contributing cause of death.

While election year politics dominates the news, the control of both major U.S. political parties by the fossil fuel industry and the military-industrial complex makes the policies they agree on more dangerous than their disagreements.