Tag: climate crisis
Climate movement targets Wall Street to stop driving fossil fuel industry’s...
It's no secret that the driving force behind the fossil fuel industry's expansion is the financial industry. But the nation's leading climate...
House Dems introduce the CLEAN Future Act
This new proposal aims to have the U.S. reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Australia wildfire coverage is long on koalas, short on causes
Though coverage of the Australian fires was slow to take off, it’s begun to capture more international attention, while highlighting the effects of climate change.
Our Vanishing World: Birds
Birds are being killed with ruthless efficiency by human beings and their activities all over the world.
Amazon employees threatened to be fired if they speak out on...
AECJ says they will continue to take climate action despite the HR threats and Bezos’ promises to conduct a cleaner business.
Hard times are coming in 2020 and in the decade ahead
The phrase “Happy Nxew Year” is just as out of place now, and we need to realize how absurd it is.
We are the majority; we must turn that into power
We are building toward being a movement that can make transformational changes over the next decade.
Greta Thunberg offers advice to young people, dismisses climate-denying politicians in...
“Be an active democratic citizen...because democracy is not only on election day, it's happening all the time.”
Oil companies were not held accountable for 10.8 million gallons of...
Scientists predict that future storms, which will increase in intensity due to the climate crisis, will exacerbate environmental damage.
Jane Fonda arrested: We are in a climate emergency. I have...
We speak with Jane Fonda about her climate activism and why she started Fire Drill Fridays.
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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.