On June 23, 1988, James Hansen of the NASA Goddard Space Institute gave testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Opening Statement to the Committee, by Dr. James Hansen, Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Mr. Chairman and committee members, thank you for the opportunity to present the results of... Continue Reading →
It’s Not the Heat—It’s the Humanity | Bill McKibben | The New Yorker Magazine Rising air temperatures remind us that our bodies have real limits. It’s hard to change the outcome of the climate crisis by individual action: we’re past the point where we can alter the carbon math one electric vehicle at a time,... Continue Reading →
a crucial ‘Must-Read’ climate related article… (June 23rd, 2021)
To prosecute and imprison political leaders and corporate executives would require a parsing of legal boundaries and a recalibration of criminal accountability. At many moments in history, humanity’s propensity for wanton destruction has demanded legal and moral restraint. One of those times, seared into modern consciousness, came at the close of World War II, when... Continue Reading →
Ecocide: Should Destruction of the Planet Be a Crime?
Democracy Now Earth Day – April 23rd Coverage.
The reason I am sharing these three videos is because there is content here that was not mentioned on Earth Day and needs to be listened to, especially on the topic of migration and what is covered in detail by Camila Bustos, human rights associate at the University Network for Human Rights. Source
"The 9th Circuit failed to correct the legal errors in the panel decision," said the lead attorney in the case, who added that the case is now up to the nation's highest court. For the second time in as many years, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected a landmark climate lawsuit... Continue Reading →
After 9th Circuit Decision, Youth Climate Campaigners Vow to Take Landmark Case to Supreme Court
I bang on the sliding glass door and wait in a puddle of sweat until my dad grunts up from his post-dinner CNN binge and opens the door. “Girl, you break this glass, you better have the money to fix it.” I don’t. “Have you heard from your brother?” My mom sits fixed on her... Continue Reading →
Come Dream With Me: Environmental Justice, Colorized, 2021
New research shows global warming caused by human activity is to blame for a shrinking Andean glacier that threatens to flood 120,000 people and could be used to establish legal liability for polluters. The study, published in Nature Geoscience on Thursday by scientists at the University of Oxford and the University of Washington, found human... Continue Reading →
Melting Glacier Study Could Establish Legal Liability for Climate Polluters
Measure Backed by Hundreds of Climate, Justice Organizations WASHINGTON— Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) introduced a bill today that would require President Joe Biden to use the power he already has to declare a climate emergency under the National Emergencies Act. Under such... Continue Reading →
Congressional Bill Urges Biden to Declare Climate Emergency
The European Fund for the Balkans has started a new campaign called “Balkans United for Clean Air” to call upon governments and citizens to prevent tens of thousands of premature deaths caused by pollution every year. Most of the cases of health issues and mortality are caused by exposure to particulate matter which is caused... Continue Reading →
Campaign Launched to Hold Politicians to Account Over Air Pollution and Premature Deaths
Introduction Big Tobacco’s Master Settlement Agreement in 1998 was the largest civil settlement in the nation’s history and a transformative moment in the industry’s control. The accord reached by 46 states, five United States territories, and the District of Columbia required tobacco manufacturers to pay the states billions of dollars annually in compensation for the... Continue Reading →
The Climate Change Lawsuits Against Big Oil, Explained
Two pension funds in the Netherlands and one from Japan have invested a combined half a billion dollars in Brazil’s top three meatpackers. These investments in cattle ranching, an industry that’s the main driver of Amazon deforestation, contradict the environmental stances of the respective funds and their national governments. The fund managers and other experts... Continue Reading →
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