Tag: COP30
Oil and gas expansion surges as COP30 hosts weigh health and...
New analysis tracks 256 billion barrels of planned oil and gas production as more than 230 groups urge leaders to put health at the center of climate policy in Belém
Ahead of COP30, UN report warns 1.5°C breach as countries commit...
With fewer than one third of Paris Agreement signatories submitting updated climate plans, the UN’s new synthesis report shows global pledges would cut emissions by only 10 percent by 2035 as world leaders admit “overshooting is now inevitable.”
Banks pour $2 billion more into Amazon oil and gas as...
Stand.earth finds financing surges since 2024 while Brazil’s Petrobras pushes new drilling at the mouth of the Amazon River ahead of COP30 in Belém.
Scientists warn the planet has crossed its first climate tipping point
Global heating has pushed warm-water reefs past a point of no return, scientists warn, with mass bleaching since 2023 affecting more than four-fifths of reefs and cascading risks for food security, coastal protection, and the global economy ahead of COP30.
Former leaders urge permanent polluter profit taxes to fund climate action
With the United Nations General Assembly underway, former presidents and prime ministers call for permanent polluter profit taxes, subsidy shifts, and fair financing for a just transition.
Report links meat giant JBS to massive destruction of jaguar habitat
It attributes part of this loss to ranches indirectly supplying cattle to meatpacking giant JBS, with nearly all of the deforestation since 2013 being illegal.
Humanity on path to climate collapse as study warns 16 tipping...
New research finds current climate policies put Earth on a collision course with multiple environmental tipping points, threatening irreversible damage to global systems.
The 89%: Exposing the climate majority and the media silence that...
Despite overwhelming global support for bold climate action, most governments are falling short—and newsrooms may be helping them do it.
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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.