A radical climate strategy emerges: charge big oil firms with homicide
Oil companies have come under increasing legal scrutiny and face allegations of defrauding investors, racketeering, and a wave of other lawsuits. But a new paper argues there’s another way to hold big oil accountable for climate damage: trying companies for…
The Secretive Dark Money Groups Behind The Natural Gas Bans
Last Tuesday, Rewiring America announced that it has hired Georgia politician Stacey Abrams to help the group “launch and scale a national awareness campaign and a network of large and small communities working to help Americans go electric.” In a press…
The Aukus deal is a crime against the world’s climate future. It didn’t have to be like this | Jeff Sparrow
Under the terms of the government’s nuclear submarine purchase, the first Australian-built Aukus class vessels come into service in the early 2040s. What else might be happening then? According to the IPCC, at current rates, the planet will have warmed…
NYC Buildings Face Punishing Fines When 2024 Climate Law Kicks In
The race is on to see who hits the green energy wall of impossibility first. California, Germany and the UK (the “Poseurs”) might seem to have leaped early into the lead positions. But New York is now making a strong…
Budget does little to meet UK’s net zero carbon goals, say campaigners
The government’s latest budget will do little to meet the UK’s net zero carbon goals, missed opportunities to create a green economy, and would saddle households with high energy bills driven by fossil fuel prices, green campaigners and experts have…
The Next Frontier in Farming? The Ocean. – The New York Times
Climate correspondent Somini Sengupta reported from South Korea with photographer Chang W. Lee, who also traveled to Australia. March 15, 2023 For centuries, it’s been treasured in kitchens in Asia and neglected almost everywhere else: Those glistening ribbons of seaweed…
In Denial: The Latest Casualties Of The Climate Industrial Complex
“Trekkies” should recall this pithy exchange about endangered humpback whales from the 1986 feature film, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, between Leonard Nimoy’s famous character and actor Catherine Hicks, who played “Dr. Taylor,” the cetologist. “Mr. Spock” stated, To hunt…
International law doesnât protect people fleeing environmental disaster â hereâs how it could
A firm understanding of what works where climate migrants are forced to settle will be invaluable.
Sticking to ‘cold, hard’ climate facts can end global warming: Guterres – UN News
Underlining the “urgent need to end global heating with cold, hard facts”, he said the panel’s forthcoming report ahead of the next UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), to be held in Dubai in November, comes at a pivotal time. ‘Tip…
Oregon eyes mandate for climate change lessons in schools – Oregon Public Broadcasting
Oregon lawmakers are aiming to make the state the second in the nation to mandate climate change lessons for K-12 public school students, further fueling U.S. culture wars in education. Dozens of Oregon high schoolers submitted support of the bill,…
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