Friday, November 15, 2024

New scientist festival shuns fossil fuel sponsorship after campaign pressure

The festival’s shift from BP and Shell partnerships comes as a growing number of cultural institutions have cut ties with oil and gas companies.

90% of pipeline explosions result in no financial penalties

"We know we can't expect corporate polluters to look out for our health, but we should be able to count on our enforcement agencies to protect us."

CNN Town Hall went deep on climate crisis—but was anyone listening?

“Would you guarantee to the American public tonight that the responsibility for $16.3 trillion, which is a massive amount of money, wouldn’t end up on taxpayers’ shoulders?”

Privatizing America’s Public Land

How the Raid on Malheur Screened a Future Raid on Real Estate.

SoCalGas, nation’s largest gas utility, sues California over climate policy for not ‘maximizing the...

The SoCalGas lawsuit “is a flailing and petulant move by [the] gas industry willing to try anything to prevent California from moving past fossil fuels.”

Two major Pacific Northwest fossil fuel projects dealt massive setbacks in one day

Could this severely dim their prospects of ever moving forward?

USDA may allow genetically modified trees to be released into the wild

“Our natural forests that support wildlife and the economic sovereignty of rural communities will rapidly be replaced with tree plantations for wood pellets, paper and more, leaving environmental and climate injustice in their wake.”

After the Keystone XL approval, here’s what’s next for the climate movement

The battle is far from over—and has already transformed the way environmental campaigns are waged.

Algae growing under Arctic Sea ice found contaminated by microplastics

“Arctic biota are already under serious pressure from global heating, which progresses four times faster in the Arctic compared with the globe."

Focusing on cutting emissions alone won’t halt environmental decline, we must consume less

There is no free lunch when it comes to halting climate and environmental breakdown.