Tag: fire
California’s bold move to hold Big Oil accountable for climate disasters
New bill aims to shift wildfire recovery costs from taxpayers to fossil fuel companies.
Elon Musk shouts fire firefighters in a crowded theater!
As in Musk's idiotic claim, the arguments against Affirmative Action and DEI are riddled with lies and tinged with racism and sexism.
Animal protection organizations provide life-saving aid for animals in LA fires
In Defense Animal Rescue is helping to support animal rescuers and provide life-saving aid for animals affected by the crisis.
Landlords evicted Maui residents and housed wildfire survivors for more money....
When the agency inked contracts with private companies to identify homes they could rent for survivors, it didn’t prohibit them from signing up properties that had been occupied by long-term residents.
Wildfires could be pumping 3x more soot to the Arctic than...
The new findings are an example of how the impacts of the climate crisis build on each other.
Smoke from western wildfires to spread as far as New York
Wildfire smoke is a problem because it contributes to air pollution.
The climate flames come for us all
This month’s western megafires have burned millions of acres and upended countless lives. It’s a sign of things to come if we don’t start to listen and act.
Suicide watch on Planet Earth
Even for an old man like me, it’s a terrifying thing to watch humanity make a decision, however inchoate, to essentially commit suicide.
How white colonizers set us up for uncontrollable wildfires
"I want us to go humbly to the very people our culture tried to exterminate to listen to what they can teach us. "
With scores dead and 1,000+ missing in California fires, new study...
"The costs of inaction greatly outweigh the costs of taking action on climate change. We can still reduce future damage and suffering if we act quickly and dramatically to reduce carbon emissions."
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Trump executive order targets state climate laws, shields fossil fuel industry from accountability
New order directs Justice Department to block enforcement of state climate laws, raising legal questions and stoking fears of fossil fuel immunity.
This chart explains why Trump backflipped on tariffs. The economic damage would have been huge
The answer is simple: the economic cost to the U.S. was too high.
New book reveals tactics Coca-Cola uses to remain No. 1 soft drink company in...
“Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick” is a detailed account of the tactics used to maintain a great reputation despite company's secrets.
Louisiana jury orders Chevron to pay millions to restore coastal wetlands
The jury found Texaco, which was bought by Chevron in 2001, in violation of state coastal resource regulations because the company didn't restore wetlands destroyed by drilling oil wells, dredging canals and dumped wastewater.
Another rupture: Keystone pipeline shutdown threatens fuel prices and exposes pattern of failure
Oil spill in North Dakota raises environmental and economic concerns as safety record of “safest pipeline in the world” comes under renewed scrutiny.