Tag: environment
Kochs fund study to kill electric vehicle tax credit via same...
The aggressive deployment of this NERA study suggests an escalation in the Koch-funded attack on the EV tax credit in the last few weeks of Republican control of both chambers of Congress.
California becomes first state to require solar on new homes
"With extreme weather events becoming more frequent, there is even greater need for homes that are efficient, reliable and resilient."
US coal consumption to reach an all-time low in decades
"The trend lines showing the demise of coal shouldn't come as a shock to anyone, including those in the Trump administration and coal industry executives."
Microplastics accumulate in bodies of shellfish within hours, new study reveals
“Understanding whether plastic particles are absorbed across biological membranes and accumulate within internal organs is critical for assessing the risk these particles pose to both organism and human health."
World Bank ramps up investments to fight climate crisis
"Climate change is an existential threat to the world's poorest and most vulnerable. These new targets demonstrate how seriously we are taking this issue, investing and mobilizing $200 billion over five years to combat climate change."
Climate crisis made worse by presidential mis-leadership throughout this century
This dereliction of consistent misleadership has put the planet on a dangerous path of climate crisis.
Peace activists’ best hope? The Sunrise Climate Movement
The Sunrise Movement, now mainly a climate movement, is a potentially an enormous Trojan horse for smuggling the climate-justice-and-peace agenda inside the halls of power.
Yet another benefit of renewable energy: It uses practically no water...
As solar and wind become increasingly cost competitive with natural gas for electric power generation – especially in water-constrained areas of the country – they have the added advantage of being a water smart choice.
Human delusion and our destruction of the biosphere: We aren’t even...
Extinction beckons. The choice is yours.
How white colonizers set us up for uncontrollable wildfires
"I want us to go humbly to the very people our culture tried to exterminate to listen to what they can teach us. "
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DOJ plans 1,000 election monitors in all 50 states for Election Day
The Justice Department told a court no FBI or ICE employees will serve and monitors will not carry firearms; the NAACP calls the plan voter intimidation.
An epic backlash to defy Trumpism, its lying hypocrisy and pigheaded failures
This election isn’t about choosing a favorite ice cream but between ice cream and rat poisoning.
“Chaos” in the Air: Five Ways Voting Could Be Disrupted on Election Day
The Trump administration has initiated a string of unprecedented actions to assert more federal control over elections. While courts have thwarted most of the plans, voting experts remain concerned about potential problems at the polls.
Rural Charms Drew Residents to Taylor, Texas. Then Came the Data Centers.
A local family sold an 87-acre tract to a parks foundation for $10 “to be held in trust for future use as a parkland.” Later, the city’s Economic Development Corporation sold the land to a data center developer for $10 million.
EPA sets Dec. 31 end date for its archive of past agency records
The archive holds tens of thousands of documents dating to the 1990s; the agency says historical material will remain in “snapshot collections.”