Tag: climate change
House committee investigates the role of PR firms in spreading climate...
There is a long history of PR firms creating and spreading climate disinformation in order to block climate policy and promote fossil fuel interests.
Climate law pushes First Solar to invest in domestic renewable energy...
According to the company, this move is in large part because of the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which President Biden signed into law this month to help combat climate change.
What’s hiking the heat up so high this summer?
Economic inequality helps generate such wide temperature differentials.
How a billionaire’s ‘attack philanthropy’ secretly funded climate denialism and right-wing...
Barre Seid has funded climate denialism as well as a national network of state-level think tanks that promote business deregulation and fight Medicaid expansion.
Dutch city becomes first to ban advertisements for meat in public...
The new ban will not allow meat advertisements on buses, shelters or screen in any of Haarlem's public spaces.
In refusing to prioritize drivers’ safety, UPS risks major strike
As UPS drivers around the country struggle to do their jobs in triple-digit temperatures—literally baking inside non-air-conditioned trucks—their wealthy employer refuses to take action.
Climate change leaves flood maps outdated, FEMA says
“[W]e have to start thinking about what the threats are going to be in the future as a result of climate change, so they can put the mitigation measures in place.”
Greenland ice melt will raise global sea levels at least 10...
The scientists worry severe melting events, like the melting seen in 2012, could push eventual sea level rise closer to 30 inches.
Climate change: endless words, where’s the action?
There is virtually no time left, many believe we are already too late to do much to arrest climate change and the...
California Air Resources Board passes Advanced Clean Cars II rule to...
The rule will transition California's transportation sector to 100 percent zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035.
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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.
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.
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.
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.