Tag: science
Top scientists from the National Academy of Sciences condemn the Trump...
“There is no point in being a scientist if you are unwilling to defend the technical work you do, especially when that work is mischaracterized by powerful members of the administration."
Americans believe climate change education should be taught in schools, recent...
The Yale Program on Climate Change (YPCCC) reported that in a national average, 78 percent of people polled responded they either somewhat or strongly agreed.
New UK study proves plastic bag legislation is working
"Great to see less plastic bags in our oceans, but we need the government to put an end to the use of all avoidable single-use plastic by 2025."
Buried, altered, silenced: 4 ways government climate information has changed since...
Across agency websites, documents have disappeared, web pages have vanished and language has shifted in ways that appear to reflect the policies of the new administration.
After thousands of years, western science is slowly catching up to...
New research about how birds use fire to get a broader food supply comes as no surprise to Indigenous people.
ExxonMobil’s climate disinformation campaign is still alive and well
The company is still very much engaged behind the scenes in trying to stymie any government attempt to seriously address climate change.
GOP sides with Monsanto, threatens to cut off WHO funding for...
Several Republicans once again side with Monsanto and put American's health on the line.
Record number of scientists to run in 2018 election to combat...
“The sheer number is really astonishing ... science is and always should be above politics."
How much does climate change cost? Try $1.5 billion (and counting)
There are two choices: spend money on trying to reduce the problem or spend money on cleaning up the catastrophes.
Pruitt’s plan to debate climate science paused as science confirms human...
“What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic; it affects the rest of the planet.”
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73% of Israelis want the Gaza genocide to end. Netanyahu says, ‘NO, full speed...
Israel did not enter this Land of Palestine to work with the Palestinians to create a two-state solution, as they were expected to do, but rather, they waged war to take over the entire country and its people.
Trump is trying to reverse the New Deal
The class politics of Trump carry forward the actions of his predecessors across the last century.
Federal judge slams Trump funding freeze, orders restoration of $176 million in environmental grants
Judge Gergel rules that the Trump administration violated congressional authority and the law by halting environmental and climate-related funding to cities and nonprofits across the U.S.
Controversial ‘nonprofit killer’ clause quietly removed from GOP megabill—but advocates warn it could return
A sweeping provision to strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status without due process is no longer in the latest House GOP budget bill, but civil liberties groups say the threat to free speech and advocacy is far from over.
14,000 babies at risk of death in Gaza as Israel blocks aid, UN warns
UN and international leaders condemn Israel’s blockade as thousands of trucks wait at Gaza’s border while children face imminent starvation.