Tag: climate change
What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words
Will the world experience the global catastrophe that the oil companies predicted years before I was born?
Despite cutbacks, ExxonMobil continues to fund climate science denial
ExxonMobil has spent more than $39 million to manufacture doubt about climate science.
Report examines ‘Net Zero’ climate strategies, finds corporate plans lacking in...
A “Net Zero” carbon emissions approach, the keystone of many government and corporate strategies on climate change, is a pollute now, pay later strategy, a new report argues.
Voter suppression is the new climate denial
Will the proposed Freedom to Vote Act, John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act or any other version of voting-rights legislation currently stalled in Congress and the Senate solve these problems?
The US and China must find a way to cooperate at...
Biden has pledged to reverse the climate policy damage wrought by the Trump presidency; he will pursue ambitious national initiatives and international cooperation, including with China.
The path to a livable future
For the past several decades, Noam Chomsky has been one of the most forceful and persuasive voices confronting injustice, inequity, and the threat posed by human-caused climate chaos to civilization and the Earth.
Corporate giants promote climate action, but work with oil lobbyists in...
The overlap raises questions about the sincerity of corporate climate commitments.
New study shows oak trees’ positive increase of carbon capture ‘essential...
“Our work adds to the small body of results from laboratories-in-the-forest that are essential to guide climate policy.”
99.9% of scientists agree on human-caused climate change
“Our study helps confirm that there is no remaining scientific uncertainty about the urgency and gravity of this task.”
Seeing the future
“We need to be whipped into action. Your mobilization has been powerful, and rest assured, we are listening.”
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Study finds AI data centers could consume as much water as basic needs of...
The study highlighted that evaluating AI solely by carbon emissions overlooks devastating localized impacts on water and land systems.
10 reasons to resist AI
To counter Big Tech’s narrative of AI inevitability, movements are beginning to resist on many fronts where this dangerous tech is being deployed.
Deviant Donald, self-destructive dictator
As explosive prices erase tax relief,/ Must one be rich to afford ground beef?
An Indian billionaire was targeted by Trump. Then he poured money into a startup...
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major policy wins from the Trump administration.
Children are dying as sanctions tighten and fears of military escalation grow in Cuba
UN human rights chief says U.S. restrictions are driving medicine shortages, food insecurity, and prolonged blackouts while lawmakers warn of a possible new conflict in the Caribbean.