Tag: climate change
Burn Pits, Climate Change and the US Military
While it’s obvious that the Democratic candidates are much better on these issues than the four Republicans still seeking their party’s nomination, the media needs to take a share of the blame for so rarely bringing up the topic.
Leonardo DiCaprio Uses Oscar Speech to Spread Awareness on Climate Change
DiCaprio, who has been nominated several times but won for the first last night, accepted the award for Best Actor for his film The Revenant.
Bernie Sanders Challenges Hillary Clinton’s Stance on Climate Change and Fracking
Bernie Sanders is currently the only presidential candidate that opposes fracking. Now his new ad campaign is challenging his opponents' conflicting viewpoints.
Trade Policy Clouds Obama’s Climate Legacy
Despite President Obama’s urgent warnings in Alaska that climate change could “condemn our children to a planet beyond their capacity to repair,” he seems to have curbed his climate ambition.
Kasich Weighs In On Climate Change, Calls For More Renewables
"I know it’s an apostasy in the Republican Party to say that. I guess that’s what I’ve always been — being able to challenge some of the status quo.”
Ford Becomes Latest Major Corporation to Dump ALEC
Ford has responded to consumer concern over its membership in ALEC - by dumping them.
Why We Need to Keep 80 Percent of Fossil Fuels in...
Life depends on it. Bill McKibben on the big changes we’ve already made in remarkably short order.
Antarctic Peaks Reveal Sea Rise Threat
A pioneering fieldwork study of mountain heights and boulders in West Antarctica supports computer predictions that global sea levels could rise steeply by 2080.
A Fitbit for Polar Bears Reveals Their Struggle to Survive
Scientists document that climate change is forcing the animals to exert more energy to find food.
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What July 5th taught me that July 4th never did
Real freedom doesn’t come wrapped in patriotic speeches or military parades, it comes through struggle, sacrifice, and the refusal to bow to empire, no matter what form it takes.
Ireland becomes sixth European country to end use of coal ahead of schedule
Ireland became the sixth country in Europe to end its use of coal with an additional 23 European countries committing to a cleaner energy future.
U of Florida Law School: Where racism and originalism converge
Preston Damsky, a law-school prize for an essay written for the judge's seminar, argued that the Constitution was originally intended only for white people and therefore even today non-whites could not claim their Constitutional rights and privileges.
Ugliest of ugly Americans, desperate for face-saving charades, exports chaotic, boorish pestilence abroad
Stuntery, like putz-ery, is readily undone and when it flops, it turns against itself.
Trump-Musk foreign aid cuts could cause 14 million deaths by 2030, study warns
Researchers say slashing 83 percent of USAID programs threatens to erase two decades of global health gains, with children under five accounting for one-third of projected fatalities.