Saturday, October 3, 2026

Tag: climate change

Young climate leaders conclude mock COP26 with calls for green recovery,...

"Mock COP26 sends a strong message to world leaders that young people can coordinate global negotiations and we have the solutions."

Indigenous and progressive activists and lawmakers plan rally at DNC to...

"[This] rally is a culmination of intensive and sustained organizing by labor, racial justice, environmental, Indigenous, and other groups to address racial injustice, the climate crisis, and economic justice in this moment of overlapping crises."

Investigation: How pesticide companies are marketing themselves as a solution to...

“The current food system is responsible for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions; it’s also fully dependent on oil both for transport and because pesticides and fertilizers are petrochemically-derived.”

Multisolving our way to Covid-19 economic recovery

Addressing the coronavirus pandemic can also provide opportunities to fight climate change and boost equity.

As climate crisis rages, the world’s public banks gathered at first-ever...

"There is no excuse for the continued funding of billions of dollars in coal, gas, or oil projects. This must stop now."

A convergence of calamities

Record numbers of war-displaced to be dwarfed by those driven from their homes by climate change.

BlackRock stakeholders do not consent to bankrolling violence

As BlackRock has boisterously taken up the mantle of sustainable investing, it must do more to shepherd us into a peace-based economy.

Is Joe Biden ready for the urgency of the climate crisis?

Candidate Joe Biden proposed the most ambitious climate policy of any presidential candidate in history. Can President Biden deliver?

TD Bank joins other major financial institutes to commit to ambition...

The Group's commitment to a global climate action plan makes them the latest major financial institution along with Morgan Stanley and Barclays.

7 environmental takeaways from the 2020 election season

There were several big-picture environmental takeaways from the election season.

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The Oregon State Capitol in Salem. Photo: M.O. Stevens (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Midterms Have Revived Universal Healthcare Debate. These States Are Ahead of Everyone.

While Democratic congressional candidates are floating the restoration of federal Affordable Care Act subsidies and Medicaid funding, Oregon officials are crafting a more ambitious plan to implement universal coverage in their state.
The Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, New York. Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

States sue EPA over repeal of power plant greenhouse gas limits

A coalition of attorneys general, governors and mayors asked the D.C. Circuit to restore the 2024 standards, which the EPA put at billion in avoided costs when it repealed them.
An Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina, not the Rock Tavern facility. Photo: Indy beetle (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Amazon warehouse workers in Rock Tavern strike over conveyor speeds and ignored safety complaints

Teamsters say managers deleted safety posts from Amazon's internal feedback board; Amazon says the picket was an illegal attempt to intimidate workers.
A classroom in the United States. Photo: Marie from Malang, East Java, Indonesia / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

We’re Reporters, Not Teachers. We Were Able to Start Private Schools Anyway.

Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places.
Children eating at a day care center. Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Americans of all ages want more federal help with childcare costs. Gen Z most...

New polling from The 19th and YouGov found that support for child care spending was particularly strong among Gen Z, reflecting how affordability shapes their future family planning.