Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Tag: climate justice

Mother Earth vs. capitalism, private property & rapture fundamentalists

The great insight from the last century or so: imperial powers profit more from exploiting natural resources than bashing foreign heads.

Green New Deal “climate kids” should hijack the impeachment conversation

"If Democrats are unwilling to do the right thing and assist at that suicide, today’s real grownups—you climate kids—must embarrass them into doing so."

UN chief: ‘Climate change is running faster than what we are’

The world is not on track to achieve the objectives defined in the Paris Agreement.

Ireland becomes second country to declare climate emergency

"It is justified that a level of urgency be injected into this debate."

How climate change will affect real lives — now and in...

To better understand future climate projections, let’s look at how they may play out in the life of someone born in 2000.

George Monbiot on UK climate emergency & the need for rebellion...

“We are witnessing an unprecedented upsurge of climate activism, with groups like Extinction Rebellion forcing the politicians in this building to listen."

Elizabeth Warren says she will ban oil and gas drilling on...

"It is wrong to prioritize corporate profits over the health and safety of our local communities."

With youth climate actions backed by leading experts, latest round of...

"We can change it all if we want it all, and we do."

We need an ecological revolution

To save the long-term future for our children and grandchildren, and for all the other creatures with which we share the gift of life, we must overcome the inertia of our institutions and our culture.

Bernie Sanders pledges to offset campaign travel costs; first 2020 presidential...

“Bernie Sanders is a champion in the fight for climate justice and, like him, we know we need to address our emissions through action, not just rhetoric.”

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Israelis invade Syria: Who will stop Israel?

Israel's latest land-grab in Syria, and the UN and the rest of the world's inability to stop Israel from ignoring and violating the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions and the Genocide Convention.

Luigi Mangione and Daniel Penny display the scale of acceptance for vigilante violence

The contrast in how Penny and Mangione have been covered in the media and treated by the elite show that vigilante violence actually is acceptable in America when carried out against those with little to no agency.

The world’s four legacy empires going down

In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.

Trump’s pick to lead federal housing agency has opposed efforts to aid the poor

Such views would seemingly place Turner at odds with the core work of HUD, a sprawling federal agency that serves as a backstop against homelessness for millions of the nation’s poor, elderly and disabled.

It was the rage of the age

Was Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a private research facility in Suffolk County, pivotal to the spread of eugenics through the United States and world?