Tag: Europe
European Green Deal: Step forward, backward, or sideways?
While Europe is ahead of much of the world in combining decarbonization with an equitable shift to clean energy, it's still not enough.
Why the Taliban’s promise to stop the opium trade rings hollow
Uncertainty abounds over what the Taliban’s opium policy will actually look like. In the meantime, the farmers are planting the seeds for next year’s crop right now.
The US is ‘out of step’ on primate research with the...
While the European Union votes to phase out animal research, the United States wants more.
‘Massive’ methane leaks found coming from oil and gas sites in...
It is at these sites—storage tanks, pipelines, liquefied natural gas import terminals—where methane is leaking in large volumes.
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.
Damming rivers is terrible for human rights, ecosystems and food security
Despite industry rhetoric, hydropower is high-cost and high-risk. There are better options for a post-pandemic recovery and a renewable energy future.
You don’t want to imagine an ocean without coral reefs—but you...
Scientists call the coral reefs the “rainforests of the sea,” because coral reefs—like rainforests—are highly diverse ecosystems; their destruction would lead to the extinction of a large number of species.
ExxonMobil claims shift on climate but continues to fund climate science...
The company’s professed support for a carbon tax is a disingenuous public relations ploy to delay government action.
Air pollution responsible for 400,00 early European deaths
The European Environment Agency (EEA) recently issued their most recent air quality report which stated air pollution throughout Europe had caused more...
How the rise of populism is fuelling climate science denial across...
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story.
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The real Dem bombshell – the new coalition’s breakthrough fusion of agendas and values
“The times, they are a-changin’ and progressive Dems, new and old, lead the redemption of America.”
Blue Tsunami, Meet the Senate Filibuster
Democrats will hold at least 54 Senate seats when the new Congress convenes on Jan. 3, 2027, but ending debate on a bill still takes 60 votes.
Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top...
Has this massive redistribution, driven by policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, reshaped the American economy?
Firm Linked to Trump’s Sons Got Nearly $40 Million in Federal Contracts to Screen...
XpresTest has years of experience conducting disease screening in U.S. airports but has never worked with Ebola or provided biosecurity services abroad. It’s “a new thing for us,” the company’s CEO said.