House Democrats grilled CEOs of Big Oil companies, like ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell, Wednesday about rising gas prices and profiteering from the Ukraine war. We get response from environmentalist Bill McKibben and speak with Ukrainian environmental lawyer Svitlana Romanko about how the war in Ukraine is impacting energy markets around the world. “These are predatory... Continue Reading →
Experts say criticism of oil and gas’s ‘climate-blocking activities’ cut from final draft, reflective of industry’s power and influence The fossil fuel industry and its influence over policy was the major elephant in the room looming over the release of the third and final report, out this week, from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,... Continue Reading →
IPCC: We can tackle climate change if big oil gets out of the way
White House science office to hold first event on countering climate change denial and delay
Leading climate scientists will meet with officials in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will hold a first-of-its-kind roundtable with some of the nation’s leading scientists on Thursday to discuss the urgent need to combat the climate crisis and to counter arguments for... Continue Reading →
Devil Put the Coal in the Ground (Must Watch!)
When West Virginia broke away from Virginia in 1861 at the start of the American Civil War, its founders did not agree upon the Confederacy or the role of the state in the war. They were, however, united in their interests around the extraction and exploitation of the rich resources of the state – predominantly... Continue Reading →
Renowned author, social critic, and philosopher Noam Chomsky believes that human civilization is rapidly "approaching the most dangerous point" in its collective history, citing a conflagration of global crises that threaten to shatter the foundations of modern society. Chomsky, a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,... Continue Reading →
‘We’re approaching the most dangerous point in human history’: Noam Chomsky on climate change and nuclear war
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases a new report every few years. And each time the world takes a deep breath — the news isn’t easy to digest. This week, the IPCC released the third part of its Sixth Assessment Report on the state of the climate crisis. The first section... Continue Reading →
One everyday action could help combat climate change, UN report reveals
The oil giant’s massive plan to drill in Guyana’s waters comes as the UN Secretary General warns of fossil fuels as a “blight on investment portfolios.” “Investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure is moral and economic madness,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released part of its latest... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil Announces $10 Billion Oil Investment the Same Day IPCC Signals End for Fossil Fuels
crimes against the climate…
Our society spends an enormous amount of time, energy, and money to deal with crimes of various types, such as the potential crimes studied by the Mueller Investigation, and rightly so. But however serious these crimes turn out to be, they will not compare with the seriousness of the crimes against the climate - which... Continue Reading →
MUST READ ARTICLE: Suggestion please read entire article DIRECTLY AT THEIR site instead as this excerpt below omits the 'charts' and does NOT do this justice. Much better to go directly to source EXPOSED.BY.CMD.COM In its recently released report on climate impacts and adaptation, a working group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change points... Continue Reading →
The Dirty Dozen: The Biggest Nonprofit Funders of Climate Denial
Because they're down to the nub At 5 a.m. this morning we were supposed to get the report from Working Group 3 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It didn’t come—because delegates were still arguing. And the arguments were over the two most fundamental questions of the climate era: must we get off fossil... Continue Reading →
IPCC talks go down to the wire
Dino Talks #2 — A Deeper Dive into the Damages Caused by Fossil Fuel Subsidies
We Don't Have Time and UNDP are proud to present the second episode in a series of 10 in-depth table talks on the subject of fossil fuel subsidies. 💡 Ask your questions to our guests on: https://app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/... We need to halve our emissions by 2030 and hit net zero no later than 2050 to save... Continue Reading →