Thursday, November 21, 2024

Chickens are smarter than you think

Factory farming has made us think of chickens as mindless automata. But our downy friends know much more than we give them credit for.

Taxing Big Oil could boost UN loss and damage fund by 2000%

Targeting the world’s seven largest publicly traded oil and gas companies—ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, TotalEnergies, BP, Equinor, and ENI—the tax would hold major polluters accountable for their contributions to the climate crisis.

Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters—a look at...

These increases are driven by a potent mix of rising insurance payouts coupled with rising costs of construction as people build increasingly expensive homes and other assets in harm’s way.

Trump’s appointment of fracking CEO Chris Wright to lead Department of Energy sparks environmental...

Environmental advocates sound the alarm as President-elect Trump nominates Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright, a staunch fossil fuel supporter, to lead the Department of Energy.

Environmental Working Group detects lower levels of glyphosate in oats

EWG tested 24 samples of 14 non-organic oat-based products from popular brands and glyphosate was detected on all non-organic, or conventional, samples, but the average amounts were much lower than the tests conducted in 2018 and 2019.

Removing hydropower dams can restore ecosystems, build climate resilience, and restore tribal lands

Hydropower dams, initially celebrated as feats of engineering, are now scrutinized for their negative environmental and societal impacts.

The military-industrial complex is fueling climate catastrophe—let’s demand accountability at COP

For our survival and for each other, we must demand climate justice that tells the truth.

It’s raining PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in Miami, study shows

Their findings identified 21 types of PFAS in rainwater across the city, including the now-phased-out PFOS and PFOA compounds as well as newer PFAS varieties still used in manufacturing.

Supreme Court allows EPA to implement carbon emission standards despite ongoing appeals case

The fossil fuel industry filed lawsuits with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit requesting the court block the program and the Supreme Court put the EPA's new rule on hold until it was settled in court.

EU accused of inviting fossil fuel executives to COP28 under false pretenses

More fossil fuel lobbyists were granted access to the Dubai summit than any previous year.