Thursday, October 1, 2026

Tag: climate change

After Trump elected, nearly 200 nations proclaim “urgent duty” to implement...

This comes just over a week after the election of Donald Trump, who has vowed to pull the United states out of the Paris Agreement and has called climate change a Chinese-created hoax.

Stephen Hawking: We must find another planet to live on

“Six years ago I was warning about pollution and overcrowding, they have gotten worse since then,” Hawking said.

As the planet warms, Trump sends a chill wind through Marrakech

Fortunately, the fate of the planet is not in the hands of one man. It's up to movements everywhere to save it.

Four years of Donald Trump could sink the planet

If Trump isn’t going to pare CO2 emissions significantly, then the US alone could cook the planet, even if China and others act more responsibly.

The lawsuit that could save the planet

With Donald Trump proposing to undo nearly all of President Obama's climate legacy, hope for a safe climate future may rest in the hands of the courts.

Aruba commits to 100% renewable energy

Today, Aruba gets nearly 40 percent of its energy from clean power and intends to reach 100 percent in several years.

Climate change is affecting all life on Earth – and that’s...

Humans need to do what nature is trying to do: recognize that change is upon us and adapt our behavior in ways that limit serious, long-term consequences.

Young people express disbelief at older generation’s Trump and Brexit choices,...

There is a sense that, if needs must, this is a generation ready to take the future into their own hands

The first 100 days of a Trump presidency

It remains to be seen how much of this plan will be realized and how much was just campaign rhetoric.

5 big Wins, 2 big losses on key eco-ballot initiatives

An energy and big business-backed state constitutional amendment passed in Colorado, while a controversial carbon tax initiative in Washington went down to defeat.

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New study finds CT scans to account for 5 percent of cancer diagnoses

While some experts caution against CT scans, many believe the modeling used in this study left much uncertainty.
White cheddar cheese. File photo, not the recalled product. Photo: Jon Sullivan (public domain)

Raw milk cheese recalled after E. coli outbreak sickens 13 people in nine states

Eight people were hospitalized and three developed a serious kidney complication, and more than half of those sick are age 5 or younger, the CDC says.
The U.S. Capitol at night. Photo: Diliff (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

White House cancels $810 million in congressional spending days before fiscal year ends

Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Republican, called the pocket rescission unlawful, and the House is out of session until after the November election.
Razor wire at a prison. Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tennessee lawmakers demand answers after report that private youth prisons hid abuse

One company runs all three of the state's highest-security youth prisons, and Tennessee plans to spend more than $400 million on additional facilities.
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.