Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Tag: environment

UNESCO proposes to downgrade Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status; Australian...

If added to the List of World Heritage in Danger, the Great Barrier Reef would become the first on it because of climate change reasons.

Legal experts define ecocide, take step toward international criminal law

The draft defines ecocide as, "unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts."

How to get rid of throwaway culture

Individual actions empower us to demand more from corporations and governments and change social norms. So let's get started.

To save planet, solve twin crises of climate change and species...

Some climate solutions can actually harm biodiversity. But there are synergistic solutions that can tackle both issues.

Humanity’s #1 environmental problem is consumption—climate change is just one of...

By focusing the climate fight on what we emit, not what we consume, we are destined to fail—net-zero emissions policies aren’t enough to prevent catastrophe.

Chile passes single-use plastic regulation that will reduce 23,000 tons of...

"This law is ambitious, but at the same time it's realistic for where Chile stands regarding waste generation and its technical capabilities to make these changes possible."

SEC finds fracking sand company misled investors with claims of ‘game...

The fracking industry’s over-the-top claims to investors have been the norm, but even when proven to be fraudulent, companies suffer almost no consequences.

If we don’t protect 30% of the natural world by 2030,...

We are to blame for the biggest extinction event in human history. But there is a solution if we take urgent action now.

A leaking oil refinery on St. Croix gives Biden his first...

Nearly 100,000 people have signed a petition calling for the closure of a controversial oil and gas facility that has sickened residents of the U.S. Virgin Island.

Government defends praising tar sands industry figures as COP26 ‘climate champions’

Five of the individuals praised at COP26 event hold senior roles at fossil fuel companies and investors, including the Royal Bank of Canada and Suncor.

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US-Russia talks: The choice between peace and Escalation 

As negotiations progress, U.S. officials must be honest about the U.S. role in provoking this crisis.

A presidential wrecking ball

Trump is spitting on the grave of Martin Luther King Jr.

Fifteen years after Citizens United, the Montana Plan poses the latest challenge to dark...

Voters in Montana will have the opportunity this fall to ban corporate political spending and dark money in federal, state and local...

DC sues Trump administration over attempted takeover of city police

District leaders warn of unprecedented assault on home rule as lawsuit seeks to block federal seizure of MPD.

ICE: The making of an American Gestapo

The depth and breadth of outrage against the brutal treatment of migrant and refugee families by ICE has even extended into the agency itself.