Tag: climate crisis
Leaked IPCC report warns of the future of oceans in climate...
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Elizabeth Warren adopts $3 trillion climate crisis plan, challenges all 2020...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced that she would adopt Gov. Jay Inslee's climate crisis plan and add in a $1 trillion in investments to help protect workers...
Burning down the house
Doesn’t idiocy ever take a vacation?
As August wound down, the populist troika of Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and...
2020 Democratic candidates take on “NoKXL Pledge”
So far, ten of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have signed the “NoKXL Pledge” and have promised that on Day One in...
Ireland to plant 440 million trees in 20 years to fight...
Ireland will plant 440 million trees by 2040 as part of its efforts to combat the climate crisis, The Irish Times reported Saturday.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrives in NYC to fight “biggest crisis...
Following weeks of anticipation, Swedish climate justice activist Greta Thunberg arrived on the shores of Lower Manhattan Wednesday afternoon after a 15-day...
‘Disturbing’: Europe is warming much faster than science predicted
Summers in Europe are much hotter than they used to be and winters aren't nearly as cold as they once were. And,...
Our vanishing world: Glaciers
Something is causing the worlds glaciers and mountain ice fields to melt. And, despite your first thought, it is not the ongoing...
It’s not just Brazil’s Amazon rainforest that’s ablaze – Bolivian fires...
Up to 800,000 hectares of the unique Chiquitano forest were burned to the ground in Bolivia between August 18 and August 23. That’s more...
Water stress could affect half the world’s population in just 5...
World Water Week kicked off this week in the shadow of a frightening reality that nearly one-fourth of the world's population is living...
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Popular sugar substitute erythritol damages blood-brain barrier, elevating stroke risk
A new study shows how erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar alternative, directly damages human cells that comprise the blood-brain barrier.
House progressives demand answers over alleged abuse in US-Ecuador military operation
Lawmakers are demanding the Pentagon explain the legal basis for joint US-Ecuador operations after reports alleged civilian sites were bombed and detainees were tortured.
From ICE to Iran, veterans are challenging US militarism
Antiwar veterans are leveraging their unique credibility to oppose the war in Iran, stop ICE and support active duty resisters.
Amazon deforestation falls to eight-year low as scientists warn gains remain fragile
Researchers credit stronger enforcement and environmental protections in Brazil while warning that fires, illegal logging, and political threats continue to endanger the rainforest.
The fuel to my revolutionary optimism
As distant as it may seem, I am only two generations removed from the 1948 Catastrophe of Palestine, where over 750,000 Palestinians were displaced from their land, and thousands were massacred.