Tag: climate crisis
An economist that future economists—and societies—will dare not ignore
Herman Daly helped us understand, our environment has no real shot at renewal.
By 2030, poor nations will need $2.4 trillion per year to...
"Humanity has a choice: cooperate or perish. It is either a climate solidarity pact—or a collective suicide pact."
4 of 5 world cities faced ‘significant climate hazards’ in 2022,...
“The more cities know about those risks and benefits, and the more they engage citizens in the work they’re doing to confront the climate crisis, the faster they can make progress.”
New Jersey sues five oil companies, alleging decades of ‘concealment’ and...
The New Jersey legal campaign, like the others, seeks compensation from the oil industry for the large and growing destructive cost of the worsening climate crisis.
World bank continues financing fossil fuels despite climate crisis
A new report finds that while the multilateral development bank tries to position itself as a climate leader, it still supports gas pipelines, refineries, and gas export terminals.
Will 2022 mark the turning point in the climate crisis?
This year the international community might finally be getting serious about climate change.
Climate change isn’t just making cyclones worse, it’s making the floods...
Amphan Mark II need not be as destructive as we’ve projected if the world’s governments act now to meet Paris agreement climate goals.
Can we abandon pollutive fossil fuels and avoid an energy crisis?
When it comes to maintaining energy flows, there is a closing window to avert both climate catastrophe and economic peril.
Climate crisis is speeding the water cycle, satellite data reveals
“This higher amount of water circulating in the atmosphere could also explain the increase in rainfall that is being detected in some polar areas, where the fact that it is raining instead of snowing is speeding up the melting."
Climate emergency: India’s unprecedented heat wave blights wheat crops, adding to...
Oil is behind both catastrophes, war and the climate disaster.
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U of Florida Law School: Where racism and originalism converge
Preston Damsky, a law-school prize for an essay written for the judge's seminar, argued that the Constitution was originally intended only for white people and therefore even today non-whites could not claim their Constitutional rights and privileges.
Ugliest of ugly Americans, desperate for face-saving charades, exports chaotic, boorish pestilence abroad
Stuntery, like putz-ery, is readily undone and when it flops, it turns against itself.
Trump-Musk foreign aid cuts could cause 14 million deaths by 2030, study warns
Researchers say slashing 83 percent of USAID programs threatens to erase two decades of global health gains, with children under five accounting for one-third of projected fatalities.
The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet
As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.
GOP budget standoff deepens as internal revolt stalls Trump’s $3.3 trillion megabill
Senate hold-outs cite draconian Medicaid and SNAP cuts while a new CBO score warns the measure will add $3.3 trillion to the debt even as Republican leaders race to meet Trump’s July 4 deadline.