Tag: environment
Connecticut lawsuit against Exxon one step closer to trial in state...
Superior Court Judge John Farley said that by registering to do business in Connecticut, Exxon Mobil "has consented to jurisdiction" in the state. His decision puts the case one step closer to trial in state court.
Sunday was Earth’s hottest day on record: A sign of uncharted...
On July 21, 2024, Earth’s average surface temperature reached a new high, signaling alarming trends and urgent calls for action in the fight against climate change.
Can humanity repair its relationship with nature? Weaving Earth Education Center...
This all-ages education center reminds us that “we are a part of this earth, not apart from it.”
Environmental groups protest outside Amazon on Prime Day demanding company strengthen...
The demonstration, which shut down Sixth Avenue, was led by environmental advocacy groups including Stand.earth and the Ship It Zero coalition, climate and community advocates.
Alaska federal court overturns oil lease sale in critical beluga whale...
The court found that the United States Department of the Interior had broken the law by failing to adequately consider the cumulative environmental impacts of the lease sale on endangered beluga whales.
‘Disconnection crisis’: Heatwaves and rising energy costs put low-income Americans at...
The report, released by EPC and NEADA, warns that many low-income people face the prospect of extreme heat inside their own homes.
Climate advocates sound alarm over JD Vance’s climate denial and corporate...
His stance shifted dramatically once he entered the political arena.
Governments resume debate on International Seabed Authority’s practice of seabed mining
The debate on the protection of the deep sea reaches the final agenda after being blocked by pro-mining countries last year.
How a 20th-century family planning agenda fueled the climate crisis
Broken child welfare policies have undermined political systems and destroyed the planetary ecosystem.
Global oil demand to peak next year, BP predicts
The report focused on two main forecast scenarios—Current Trajectory and Net Zero—and predicted that oil consumption will peak at approximately 102 million barrels a day in 2025.
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Nearly half of US hospitals no longer deliver babies, new report finds
Rural hospitals keep losing the fight over leaner Medicaid budgets, and a separate analysis finds reaching the nearest labor and delivery unit already takes an hour or more in fourteen states.
F is for Failure and Fascism
On leadership, character, climate, prices, trade, alliances, militarism, health, civil/voting rights, even law and order.
Pentagon Iran War Report admits to Worst Drubbing since Vietnam
The Pentagon puts the war's cost at 33.4 billion dollars, independent estimates put it at more than three times that, with strikes across roughly twenty Middle East bases.
Kennedy Center board warns of bankruptcy unless Trump’s name returns to building
A 57-page draft resolution ties the center's fundraising future to ten proposed inscriptions honoring the president, as a federal judge who already ruled the board overstepped weighs a related case.
Judge orders Labor Department to rewrite farmworker wage rule after finding it unlawful
The ruling forces new minimum pay rates for the guestworker visa program that brings in most of the country's legal farm labor, with back pay possible for hundreds of thousands of workers.