Tag: climate crisis
The silencing of dissent: how Big Oil is shielding itself through...
money talks, and it’s drowning out the voice of the people as 60% of U.S. oil and gas operations are now fortified against protests due to an infusion of lobbying dollars.
Any antidote to climate anxiety involves organizing
The climate catastrophe brings new disasters every week and will continue to throughout our lives. But what we do will make a difference in determining how this all plays out.
After ‘mind-blowing’ September, 2023 set to be hottest tear on record:...
The European climate agency said Thursday that last month was the warmest September on record globally and "the most anomalous warm month of any year" in its dataset going back to 1940.
California joins states suing Big Oil for its role in the...
California is also encouraging other states and even other countries to step into the ring alongside it in the effort to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable.
Fracking linked to seismic tremors in new study
New research confirms that fracking leads to small, slow earthquakes or tremors, the origin of which had previously been unknown.
As skies turn orange, media still hesitate to mention what’s changing...
FAIR found 115 news segments that mentioned the forest fires and their effect on air quality—of those 115 segments, only 44 mentioned climate change’s role.
US government urges court to dismiss federal youth climate lawsuit
The DOJ under the Biden administration appears to be resuming the fight against the 21 youth plaintiffs who are seeking to force the U.S. government to face trial and answer to their evidence of climate science.
Montana’s narrow defense in youth climate trial was devoid of climate...
Last week, some of Montana’s foremost climate scientists and ecologists testified in the historic trial, in support of the plaintiffs’ claims.
Oregon County sues fossil fuel entities and enablers for contributing to...
“Multnomah County is utilizing irrefutable climate science to hold corporate polluters accountable for their role in causing a discreet and disastrous event, as well as recent wildfires.”
POPULAR
$380 million in funding cuts to one of the most successful public education programs
“Every day, there’s yet another abuse.” The wanton attack on public schools is one of America’s biggest tragedies.
DHS warehouse jail plan signals historic expansion of immigration detention
Documents and reporting reveal a sweeping plan to convert warehouses and deploy military contracting to rapidly expand immigration jails across the United States.
Trump delivers lunch to Beijing
China is taking advantage of the fact that even the most even-tempered of allies have had it with Trump and his tantrums.
EPA reapproves drift-prone pesticide dicamba
This decision will allow farmers in 34 states to use the herbicide on dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton, following a 2024 court ruling that had previously vacated its use.
Omar says ICE drawdown ‘not enough’ as thousands of agents remain deployed in Minnesota
After Trump border czar Tom Homan announced that 700 federal immigration agents would leave Minnesota, Rep. Ilhan Omar, civil rights groups, and national coalitions said the move leaves an ongoing occupation intact while killings, constitutional violations, and international human rights complaints remain unresolved.