Tag: climate crisis
Paying for an overheating Earth
At a time when the major fossil-fuel companies are still raking in staggering profits off their oil and natural gas supplies, as that line straight out of my childhood went: There oughta be a law.
Future heat wave?
Count on this, too: climate change on its present course ever upwards is going to become the true inflation of the future, as well as an issue, possibly the issue, in any election season.
8 billion people: Four ways climate change and population growth combine...
Of the multitude of climate-related adverse health effects, there are four great public health concerns for a growing population.
US mega-banks behind 1/3 of climate-destroying oil and gas expansion: Report
"Global banks' top fossil fuel clients amount to a rogues' gallery of bad actors."
An economist that future economists—and societies—will dare not ignore
Herman Daly helped us understand, our environment has no real shot at renewal.
By 2030, poor nations will need $2.4 trillion per year to...
"Humanity has a choice: cooperate or perish. It is either a climate solidarity pact—or a collective suicide pact."
4 of 5 world cities faced ‘significant climate hazards’ in 2022,...
“The more cities know about those risks and benefits, and the more they engage citizens in the work they’re doing to confront the climate crisis, the faster they can make progress.”
New Jersey sues five oil companies, alleging decades of ‘concealment’ and...
The New Jersey legal campaign, like the others, seeks compensation from the oil industry for the large and growing destructive cost of the worsening climate crisis.
World bank continues financing fossil fuels despite climate crisis
A new report finds that while the multilateral development bank tries to position itself as a climate leader, it still supports gas pipelines, refineries, and gas export terminals.
Will 2022 mark the turning point in the climate crisis?
This year the international community might finally be getting serious about climate change.
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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."