Friday, October 18, 2024

Evoking the Wrath of Nature

Capitalism has placed monetary profit above the maintenance of life. "Ignoring the warnings of native communities, we have evoked the deadly wrath of nature. And I fear we may not be able to find our way back."

Youth climate activists change legal strategy

They will ask the court to rule the U.S. energy system violates their constitutional rights to due process and equal protection under the law, and to order the U.S. government to establish a plan to transition off of fossil fuels.

Youth activists call on California state teachers retirement system to end ‘toxic relationship’ with...

"CalSTRS is playing roulette with our pensions and our children's future by holding onto these doomed assets."

‘2020 really belongs to us’: The youth climate movement rallies around the election

The Sunrise Movement and progressive allies are applying new strategies to turn out young voters—and to convince parents to pull the lever for Democrats.
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Green Party wins record support in EU elections as youth-led climate strikes grow

The next president of the European Commission will likely be Bas Eickhout of the Dutch Green Party.

North Dakota to spend $16 million in pandemic relief funds on fracking

“We are at a point now where we are peaking every day as we try to battle this crisis, and I think any of the funds that we use need to be addressed to help us reduce the spread of this virus to help the lives and livelihoods of thousands of North Dakotans.”

Climate change likely drove our ancestors to extinction, study finds

“Climate change made Homo vulnerable and hapless in the past, and this may just be happening again.”

With just 1% of farms controlling 70% of global farmland, study reveals ‘shocking’ level...

"A transformative agenda... is urgent and is in the interests of all humanity."

California joins states suing Big Oil for its role in the climate crisis

California is also encouraging other states and even other countries to step into the ring alongside it in the effort to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable. 

Mountain Valley seeks early start amid unfinished safety measures and environmental uproar

As environmental advocates rally against the premature operation of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, concerns mount over safety violations and the impact on vulnerable ecosystems.