Tag: extinction crisis
Australia’s bushfires: An extinction crisis decades in the making
Hundreds of blazes could push threatened species closer to extinction. But the roots of Australia’s wildlife crisis are indicative of a much larger problem.
Welcome to 2020: 8 important environmental stories to follow this year
From the extinction crisis to plastic pollution and the 2020 election, these are some of the stories we expect to dominate headlines in the year ahead.
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Tech billionaires are actually dumber than you think
It turns out that many of today’s billionaires are selfish, lonely men fantasizing about how they will survive the end times they have played a part in creating.
‘Their greed knows no bounds’: analysis shows ongoing price gouging by oil giants
"Big Oil is boasting record profits and dragging their feet to pass any lower costs onto consumers in order to keep padding investors' pockets," said Accountable.US.
Wealthiest 10% responsible for nearly 50% of greenhouse gas emissions, study finds
“[I]t appears that climate policies over the past decades have often targeted low-income and low-emitter groups disproportionately, while leaving high emitters relatively unaffected.”
EV charging stations approved for 50 states plus DC and Puerto Rico, covering 75,000...
States will have access to $1.5 billion in federal monies to build the chargers.
Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian: Optimism of the will
Three of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.