Tag: climate change
Lifeboat Earth
At its best, the earth was once likened to a spaceship that sails through the heavens with a crew working together for the common...
‘The largest aviation impact on the climate’: Airplane contrails add to...
“Given the forecast for the increase in air traffic, which is very large, this contrail effect will increase even more than the carbon dioxide impact."
Which shall we have: Love or greed?
The United States supposes itself to be a Christian community. Such a community should focus on love rather than wealth and power. Shouldn’t it?
Database reveals how much pollution Big Oil’s top execs are responsible...
“The rich have profited for so long from a fossil fuel economy that they’re obviously going to be the ones to try and block change."
Trickle down, wealth tax, and war
The central advantage to a wealth tax is that it spreads the power to spend wealth throughout the society and thereby can better the society if done in an appropriate way.
June 2019 was the hottest on record: NOAA
Nine of the 10 warmest Junes have occurred since 2010.
Great Barrier Reef authority warns that climate action is needed urgently
"Only the strongest and fastest possible actions to decrease global greenhouse gas emissions will reduce the risks and limit the impacts of climate change on the Reef."
Norvergence: Psychosocial and mental health impacts of climate change
“In the tech-saturated world, climate change is the biggest global threat (both physically and mentally).”
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‘Act now. Our lives are in your hands’: Demanding climate action,...
"We've all read the science, we know the story, the whole phase of denial is over, and if it takes civil disobedience to make a difference, then so be it."
As cost of climate crisis grows, climate movement escalates
The corporate duopoly seeks to avoid a climate crisis too big to ignore.
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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.
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.
Christa Pike’s botched execution exposes the deep contradictions of a ‘painless’ state-imposed death
Lethal injections are not typically administered by doctors, given executions are incompatible with their oath to protect lives.
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.
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.