Tag: environment
‘Damning’ probe finds 80% of top carbon Offset schemes are ‘likely...
"We cannot afford to waste any more time on false solutions."
Nestlé drops supplier linked to Indigenous land invasions
Marfrig cattle suppliers analyzed in the investigation were linked to more than 150 sq km of deforestation in recent years.
Scientists find direct link between polar bear cub survival rates and...
The new study connects the number of Arctic ice-free days to specific quantities of emissions and determines how these ice-free days can impact polar bear cub survival rates.
Ecuador residents vote against new oil project in the Amazon
Petroecuador, the state oil company, will be required to dismantle its operations at the park's eastern edge in the Amazon in the coming months.
Challenging the global north’s ‘clean energy’ transition
Plans are underway to explore the Manifesto’s implications in various sectors, like labor and the women’s movement.
How to fix our food system
No food should be worth the amount of suffering experienced by sentient animals trapped in our food system.
Kids who live near fracking sites are up to 7 times...
"Data suggests that those who lived closer, especially in areas with greater intensity of unconventional natural gas development activities, had the highest risk."
Drilling our way to climate doom
“The world is not living sustainably, and if you look at history, civilizations have disappeared due to that reality.”
Climate crisis likely to cause food shortages before we reach 1.5°C...
This is due to the effects of the climate crisis, along with inadequate farming practices and water shortages, posing threats to agriculture worldwide.
Fracking linked to seismic tremors in new study
New research confirms that fracking leads to small, slow earthquakes or tremors, the origin of which had previously been unknown.
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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.