Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Tag: climate summit

At COP28, the road to climate action is paved with Big...

The devil is in the details, and at this year’s UN global climate conference, the details start with words like “unabated,” and “operational.”

COP28 president caught in oil lobbying scandal: Secretly pushes fossil fuel...

This conflict of interest, uncovered through an investigation by the Center for Climate Reporting (CCR), raises serious questions about the integrity of the UN climate summit leadership.

Deadly shadows: new study reveals over 460,000 U.S. deaths linked to...

New study reveals coal pollution's dire impact on U.S. public health, with over 460,000 deaths in two decades.

‘You couldn’t make it up’: Head of UAE oil company appointed...

"This appointment risks further undermining the credibility of global climate talks and threatens the action and leadership needed for a rapid and equitable phase out of all fossil fuels."

COP25 was a failure, but activists’ collective organizing at the talks...

Indigenous leaders and environmentalists blasted the United Nations for marginalizing civil society groups over two weeks of negotiations at the climate summit, while welcoming polluters.

Oil industry set agenda during climate summit meeting with big greens

The meeting was condemned by grassroots environmental activists.

Turning back on climate summit, Trump hosts ‘religious freedom’ session at...

"It's most importantly a snub to the young people pleading for action on climate change."

Jerry Brown didn’t invite grassroots activists to his Climate Summit –...

The youth, indigenous, and climate and environmental justice groups gathered that morning were largely excluded from official programming. So, they created their own.

“Climate capitalism is killing our communities”: Protesters disrupt Gov. Brown’s SF...

Protesters disrupted Bloomberg’s speech at the summit’s main plenary.

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Judge blocks Noem effort to bar surprise ICE jail inspections as detention deaths mount

A federal judge halted the DHS secretary’s renewed effort to block surprise inspections as deaths, overcrowding, and abuse allegations inside immigration detention facilities continue to rise.

Trump ramps up denaturalization push with 2026 quota targeting naturalized citizens

Internal USCIS guidance reportedly calls for 100 to 200 denaturalization referrals per month, signaling a sharp escalation that experts say collides with legal limits and historical practice.

The digital media oligarchy: Who owns online news? 

Even Bagdikian’s later editions, written at the dawn of the internet, could not fully anticipate how profoundly digital technology would reconfigure the media oligarchy.

What this backward country needs—reality messaging, redemptive ‘dog whistles’ and life-saving primers to regain...

Even worse than economic blunders or imperialistic lunacy are shocking, needless deaths that now define MAGATrump – how many innocent bystanders one cult can maim, starve, disrespect or kill.

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.