Tag: climate change
How climate change is contributing to skyrocketing rates of infectious disease
A catastrophic loss in biodiversity, reckless destruction of wildland and warming temperatures have allowed disease to explode. Ignoring the connection between climate change and pandemics would be “dangerous delusion,” one scientist said.
‘Milestone moment’ as JPMorgan Chase announces former Exxon CEO to no...
"JPMorgan Chase shareholders will be best served when Raymond is removed from the board entirely."
Wildfires can reduce biodiversity—can biodiversity be used to reduce wildfires?
A biodiversity experiment in Australia showed animal species can help reduce flammable leaf litter by 24 percent.
Sweden shuts down its last coal plant two years early
The announcement moves both Stockholm and the E.U. forward in their plans to fight the climate crisis.
The coronavirus has created an opening for collective action to save...
Our collective response to the COVID-19 pandemic has proven that collective action can enable swift and inspiring changes to how we operate as a society.
Scientists, climate experts endorse Joe Biden as 2020 presidential candidate
"On Earth Day, we speak with one voice: we must elect Joe Biden the next president of the United States—for all our sakes."
COVID-19 ‘liberate’ groups are the same ones pushing climate denial
The well-funded machinery that sowed doubt about climate is now sowing seeds of doubt over the economic and public health response to COVID-19.
Bill McKibben on Earth Day at 50: We must stop subsidizing...
Half a century later, in the middle of a pandemic, protests planned around the world have moved online, and the Trump administration has gutted the EPA, rolled back fuel economy standards and eased the enforcement of pollution regulations.
Big oil foresaw extreme flooding now predicted to hit US coasts...
While society generally may not yet understand these consequences, major oil companies have understood the risks of climate change driving these impacts for decades.
For climate activists, coronavirus lockdown means more time to organize
"This pandemic is a preview of what could happen to our world if we don’t adequately address the climate crisis. Only it’s going to be tenfold worse."
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Why capitalism relies on nature and care work it does not pay for
Modern economies depend on unpriced ecosystem functions and undervalued care and reproductive labor—essential inputs that are difficult to commodify. This tension helps explain environmental degradation, social strain, and the limits of market systems.
The US-Israeli war on Iran is illegal. Here’s why that matters.
If this war continues without accountability, it threatens even more dire consequences in years ahead.
Does not our ongoing, epic failure to obstruct immorality confirm America as an immoral...
What morally deficient country tolerates blatant wickedness without rising up to avert the next outrage? His re-election was bad enough; tolerance of evil is worse.
Nicotine-based vaping likely causes lung, oral cancers, new comprehensive review
The review noted that the aerosols exhibit nearly all ten "key characteristics of carcinogens" identified by the World Health Organization.
‘Product of USA’ becomes a real standard enforced by USDA
The new standard, finalized in March 2024 and fully enforceable since the start of 2026, closes this gap and practice that often misled consumers who believed they were supporting American ranchers.