Tag: climate crisis
Fracking linked to seismic tremors in new study
New research confirms that fracking leads to small, slow earthquakes or tremors, the origin of which had previously been unknown.
As skies turn orange, media still hesitate to mention what’s changing...
FAIR found 115 news segments that mentioned the forest fires and their effect on air quality—of those 115 segments, only 44 mentioned climate change’s role.
US government urges court to dismiss federal youth climate lawsuit
The DOJ under the Biden administration appears to be resuming the fight against the 21 youth plaintiffs who are seeking to force the U.S. government to face trial and answer to their evidence of climate science.
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.
Oregon County sues fossil fuel entities and enablers for contributing to...
“Multnomah County is utilizing irrefutable climate science to hold corporate polluters accountable for their role in causing a discreet and disastrous event, as well as recent wildfires.”
Protesters blockade White House correspondents dinner over Biden’s broken climate promises
This past weekend, the newly formed Climate Defiance group made it a bit harder to get in.
Ocean warming study so distressing, some scientists didn’t even want to...
Researchers examining the ocean off the east coast of North America found that the water's surface was 13.8°C, or 14.8°F, hotter than the average temperature between 1981 and 2011.
As we confront the climate crisis, is bigger and faster always...
Is starting small and slow the gateway to the most meaningful social change?
Oxford study warns extreme heat and drought to hit 90% of...
The life-threatening impacts of the global climate emergency have only continued to reverberate in 2023.
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GOP-led states risk leaving 10 million children hungry by rejecting $1.14 billion summer food...
Twelve Republican-led states face a January 1 deadline to join the Summer EBT program, a lifeline for millions of hungry kids, as advocates urge governors to act amid rising food insecurity and economic challenges.
More than 120 House Democrats urge Biden to ratify Equal Rights Amendment as deadline...
Lawmakers push President Joe Biden to finalize a constitutional ban on sex discrimination while Republicans invoke past deadlines to stall progress.
Trump’s Cabinet picks aren’t just unqualified and inexperienced—they’re morally bankrupt
While every president has a right to select their own Cabinet appointees, the Senate also has the Constitutional authority to decide whether each nominee is fit to serve.
6 fracking Billionaires and climate denial groups behind Trump’s cabinet
Trump’s nominees are backed by major players in the world of climate obstruction – from Project 2025 and Koch network fixtures to oil-soaked Christian nationalists.
Endo’s end around: How one of the nation’s largest opioid makers escaped a $7...
Endo “came with a strategy purposely intended to reduce payments to opioid victims."