Tag: science
Twin phantasms: Electoral and climate denialism
"Denialism: the practice of denying the existence, truth, or validity of something despite proof or strong evidence that it is real, true, or valid."
The first gas utility sued for climate deception
The company has portrayed gas as “safe, clean, and environmentally friendly,” despite the fact that methane, its primary component, is 80 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
New evidence reveals fossil fuel industry sponsored climate science in 1954
Documents shed light on the earliest-known instance of climate science funded by the fossil fuel industry, adding to growing understanding of Big Oil’s knowledge of climate change
Congressman: DOJ investigation of Big Oil is now ‘even more urgent’...
Rep. Ted Lieu is once again urging the Department of Justice to look into whether fossil fuel companies broke the law.
COP28 president challenges science: Claims ‘no science’ behind fossil fuel phase-out
At the heart of the climate debate, COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber's controversial stance on fossil fuels sparks a global outcry, challenging the core objectives of the climate summit.
Learning from history, if we dare
To leverage and learn from humanity’s history regarding what fostered sustainability in the past, we need to know the outcomes.
Montana’s narrow defense in youth climate trial was devoid of climate...
Last week, some of Montana’s foremost climate scientists and ecologists testified in the historic trial, in support of the plaintiffs’ claims.
‘We need to engage people’: Scientists arrested demanding climate action
"It is us doing our jobs and holding our government to account on the commitments they have made to protect us."
Open letter from scientists to world leaders: Stop using bioenergy from...
“The best thing for the climate and biodiversity is to leave forests standing—and biomass energy does the opposite.”
Why does our skin wrinkle in water?
Mark Changizi’s study offers a scientific and anthropological explanation for a phenomenon many take for granted.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.