Tag: environment
DNC will not host climate-specific presidential primary debate and plans to...
"The DNC is silencing the voices of Democratic activists, many of our progressive partner organizations, and nearly half of the Democratic presidential field, who want to debate the existential crisis of our time."
Britain just went nearly three weeks without coal, a new record
"2018 was our greenest year to date, and so far, 2019 looks like it has the potential to beat it."
If corporations have rights, so does nature
A whopping 61 percent of Toledo’s voters said “yes” to recognizing legally enforceable rights for the natural world.
Global rebellion to Save Our Planet
“The greatest threat to the Earth is thinking someone else will save it.” The responsibility is ours; politicians and governments are complacent,...
As natural gas infrastructure decisions loom, Massachusetts Gov. Baker invests in...
“Since the governor is weighing in on major projects designed to boost the gas industries in the state, it is not at all appropriate for him to invest personally in the same sector that he may develop, with tax dollars."
Costa Rica to become first country in world that’s both plastic...
“Decarbonization is the great task of our generation and Costa Rica must be one of the first countries in the world to accomplish it, if not the first.”
How Indigenous peoples won a landmark victory protecting the Amazon from...
The Waorani people of Ecuador won a historic lawsuit to save their homes – and the planet – from destruction.
Fossil fuel subsidies mean using public money ‘to destroy the world:’...
"We need to tax pollution, not people, and to end subsidies for fossil fuels."
Fake news about energy, clean and dirty
I used to listen to Freakonomics, an interesting podcast, until it called nuclear energy clean and nonpolluting. I haven’t listened to any...
The terrifying implications of India’s elections for people and the planet
The Modi government’s far-right bigotry is well-known, but its equally disturbing environmental record isn’t.