Friday, October 18, 2024

Looking ahead to 2021: COP26, clean air, and Biden’s next steps

If 2020 was the year a growing number of polluters — whether companies or governments — pledged to tackle climate change, 2021 needs to be the year these pledges sprout wings and start soaring towards progress.

Arsonists ‘pledging to light a few less fires’: Analysis exposes failure of big oil...

“BP, Shell, and Total are still drilling us into a deeper climate emergency, and that has to stop before they can claim any credibility.”

House Democrats urge DOJ to investigate Big Oil’s climate misinformation campaign

State and local governments have also taken legal action against the fossil fuel industry, seeking compensation for climate-related damages.

Oil giants admit potential spill could have 30% chance of hitting Amazon reef

The region is home to species that don’t exist anywhere else on earth.

An Escape Hatch for Corporate Cons

While corporate crimes produce horrible injuries, illnesses and deaths, they are almost always settled by fines and payoffs. Why is it that criminal corporate executives are always given a “Get Out of Jail Free” card?

Fiddling while California burns

Fanning the flames of climate denial.

Canada’s oil patch blames anti-greenwashing law for delayed sustainability reports

Is the global push for climate transparency just getting started?
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‘It’s our future’: Meet the youth activists behind Fridays for Future Movements in Uganda...

"It is a very important issue for us because it’s us against our future. We either do something now or we don’t have a future."

Sanders warns of ‘dystopian future’ if governments don’t immediately act on climate

"We must act and act boldly. Our earth is warming rapidly. We see this every day, in every part of the world."

The final frontiers? A call to protect the biodiversity on the borders

Trump’s border wall is not alone. Similar structures and development on the lands between nations threaten biodiversity around the globe.