Tag: climate justice
Bank CEOs rake in millions as fossil fuel financing jumps $162...
Banks boosted fossil fuel financing by billions in 2024, CEO pay soared, and climate commitments collapsed while frontline communities faced devastating consequences.
Historic court ruling says countries legally bound to prevent climate harm
This obligation, the UN’s International Court of Justice said on July 23, is grounded in existing environmental and human rights treaties.
UN climate expert urges criminalization of fossil fuel disinformation to protect...
The report presents the human rights argument for decisive political action to reduce the devastating impacts of the climate crisis.
‘Powerful actors’ are spreading false information about the climate crisis, making...
Information Integrity about Climate Science found that climate action was being delayed and obstructed by misleading information from fossil fuel companies, some nation states and right-wing politicians.
Rethinking climate action: A new guideline for planetary health
A new framework for planetary health reveals that our Industrial Age mindset—not human needs—is the real driver of environmental collapse.
Family sues fossil fuel giants for wrongful death in first climate...
In a legal first, a Washington state woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against some of the world’s largest fossil fuel...
EU ‘well on track’ to meet its 2030 climate targets, European...
The updated NECPs reflect greater efforts by EU member states to reduce their emissions in the past two years, even in the face of demands from some that the bloc weaken its green commitments.
Fighting for the planet means sovereignty for the Sahel
At the core of most demands for the U.S. empire, we’re asking for kindergarten ethics—is that a stretch? It’s what the climate...
Chevron ordered to pay $744 million for decades of destruction to...
A Louisiana jury’s landmark verdict against Chevron signals a major shift in holding Big Oil accountable for environmental degradation and decades of ignored coastal restoration laws.
Greenpeace ordered to pay $660 million in Dakota Access Pipeline case...
The North Dakota jury’s decision against Greenpeace raises concerns over SLAPP lawsuits, corporate influence on the courts, and the broader threat to free speech and peaceful protest in the U.S.
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The truth about kratom and its safety problems
"Depending on the amount of active ingredient in the product…taking kratom can be harmful," the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned people not to use kratom because of possible harm it can cause.
Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.
Only the ugliest American alone pulverizes domestic and overseas stability, the rarest of doomed...
As long as politics remains tawdry, brain-numbing entertainment, infected by hateful racist bugs, today’s already darkened age will grow darker before en-light-enment may return.
New filing alleges ICE leaders target protesters for arrest over speech in Chicago
Court documents in the Operation Midway Blitz case describe orders to arrest people for “hyperbolic comments,” claims that all protesters are “violent rioters,” and use of tear gas before any alleged assault, as a judge weighs limits on federal force.
USDA warning to grocers deepens SNAP crisis as Trump defies court orders
As federal judges order the administration to pay out frozen food benefits, the USDA warns grocery stores not to offer discounts to millions of hungry Americans caught in the shutdown, citing the “Equal Treatment Rule.”