A landmark review has called for transformational change in our economic approach to nature. The long-awaited review by Prof Sir Partha Dasgupta, of the University of Cambridge, says prosperity has come at a "devastating" cost to the natural world. The report proposes recognising nature as an asset and reconsidering our measures of economic prosperity. It... Continue Reading →
How to spot the tricks Big Oil uses to subvert action on climate change Three ways fossil fuel companies try to trick the public... In his first week in office, President Joe Biden committed to an all-of-government approach to tackle climate change, signing executive orders recommitting the US to the Paris climate agreement, pausing new... Continue Reading →
Three ways fossil fuel companies try to trick the public…
Legislation would help direct 40% of President Biden’s climate investment toward disproportionately impacted communities Washington (January 28, 2021) -- Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) announced the introduction of the Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021, legislation that would take ground-breaking steps toward... Continue Reading →
Senators Markey and Duckworth, Rep. Bush Introduce Legislation to Help Identify Environmental Justice Communities
Hours after his inauguration, President Biden issued an executive order to review 48 actions by the Trump-era Environmental Protection Agency, including several controversial decisions on agricultural chemicals. Environmental and food safety groups saw the action as a welcome sign that the Biden EPA will begin to temper what they see as the agency’s industry-friendly stance... Continue Reading →
First 100 days: It’s Biden’s EPA now. What does that mean for the agrochemical industry?
That anyone today could deny the overwhelming and incontrovertible evidence for human-caused climate disruption is shocking. You don't even need a science background to see its worsening effects occurring worldwide, from record-high temperatures to increasing extreme weather events and wildfires. For a government — especially one in Canada — to spend taxpayer money on reports that deny... Continue Reading →
Alberta Inquiry Steps into a Past Era’s Dark Denial
OUT OF OFFICE, BUT UNDER SCRUTINY: An internal government watchdog is investigating after two former Trump administration officials apparently published papers purporting to be from the White House that promoted climate change skepticism. “After careful consideration, we decided to review this matter further,” the inspector general’s office at the Commerce Department wrote to Sen. Mazie... Continue Reading →
Internal watchdog to probe Trump officials who cast doubt on climate science
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. Our Nation has an abiding commitment to empower our workers and communities; promote and protect our public health and the environment; and conserve our national treasures and monuments,... Continue Reading →
Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis
Brazil’s Indigenous Leaders Sue President Jair Bolsonaro For Crimes Against Humanity Two of Brazil’s most influential and well-known Indigenous leaders filed an international legal challenge this week against the country’s leader, alleging that far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s policies toward Indigenous tribes and the Amazon rainforest constitute crimes against humanity. Chief Raoni Metuktire, the leader of... Continue Reading →
2 Climate Emergency related articles on Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
What is the world that you want to live in? In 2019, NY Renews passed the nation's most progressive climate justice legislation in the country and established a legal mandate to eliminate fossil fuels. Now, we need to fund the just transition. The Climate and Community Investment Act (CCIA) does just that by raising $15... Continue Reading →
Let’s Build The World That We Want – New York
An expert panel of top international and environmental lawyers have begun working this month on a legal definition of "ecocide" with the goal of making mass ecological damage an enforceable international crime on par with war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Assembled by the Stop Ecocide Foundation at the request of several Swedish parliamentarians,... Continue Reading →
International lawyers drafting plan to hold governments, corps accountable for ‘widespread destruction’ of ecosystems
boost representation of indigenous people
UN climate body bids for 26% core budget increase Published on 27/03/2019Despite pressure from the likes of US and Brazil to rein in costs, the UN is seeking extra government funding to put the Paris Agreement into practice By Megan DarbyThe UN climate body needs 26% more money to meet its core commitments in 2020... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 