Tag: Earth Day
House GOP cancels endangered species vote amid backlash while advancing food...
A planned Earth Day rollback of wildlife protections collapsed under public pressure and internal divisions as Republicans continued pursuing cuts to nutrition programs alongside rising war spending.
Climate activist dies after setting himself on fire on Earth Day
“Most humans on the planet now breathe air made unhealthy by fossil fuels, and many die early deaths as a result – my early death by fossil fuel reflects what we are doing to ourselves.”
Earth Day activists wanted to disrupt the fossil fuel industry. The...
We need to speed the transition to the solar panels and wind turbines that engineers have worked so mightily to improve and are now the cheapest way to generate power.
Bill McKibben on Earth Day at 50: We must stop subsidizing...
Half a century later, in the middle of a pandemic, protests planned around the world have moved online, and the Trump administration has gutted the EPA, rolled back fuel economy standards and eased the enforcement of pollution regulations.
A new Earth Day
So, Happy Earth Day. If we actually mean it, we will elect representatives who will force the military to clean it all up.
Earth Day: Conflict over the future of the planet
The environmental crisis and the mishandling of climate change are issues that are going to make the 2020s a decade of transformational change.
On this Earth Day, demand freedom for Siwatu-Salama Ra
The growing #FreeSiwatu movement is working to prevent this gross miscarriage of justice.
UK pledges £61.4 million to fight ocean plastics
"This week we will look closely at how we can tackle the many threats to the health of the world's oceans, including the scourge of marine plastic pollution."
Science celebrities speak out on Earth Day
“We are at a critical juncture. Science is under attack.”
If You Want to Convert a Climate Skeptic, Don’t Talk About...
Scientist and Christian Katherine Hayhoe shares how she wins over those who doubt climate change is happening — by not mentioning climate science.
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The roots of the US-Russia rivalry
Russia-U.S. relations became most visible during their Cold War confrontation and are now dangerously dysfunctional. Long-established suspicion and overlapping interests have shaped periods of cooperation and competition for centuries, a cycle that risks repeating itself indefinitely.
The conservative ‘plan’ to dismantle public schools is entering the home stretch
The Republican Party’s crusade to cap or abolish local property taxes is the latest tactic in their effort to drain funding from public education.
The White House intervened to get a $620 million deal for a company tied...
About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.
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.
The ripple effects of organizing against data centers
One city’s success in stopping a data center grew into a regional movement that’s notching wins across the San Gabriel Valley.