As we face the urgent crises of climate and extinction, we need every tool available — including the law — to fight for life on Earth. By identifying “ecocide” as a prosecutable crime, as a panel of 12 lawyers recently proposed to the International Criminal Court, we can set up a practical framework for tackling... Continue Reading →
“how restoring the water cycle can help stop climate change”
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Growing global meat consumption threatens to derail the Paris Agreement, but that hasn’t stopped the meat industry insisting it is part of the solution to climate change. In February last year, the head of a leading global meat industry body gave a “pep talk” to his colleagues at an Australian agriculture conference. “It’s a recurring... Continue Reading →
Investigation: How the Meat Industry is Climate-Washing its Polluting Business Model
One to 2 degrees Celsius of warming can do a lot of damage. Climate scientists have long warned that global warming would lead to extreme heat in many parts of the world. But the 120 degree Fahrenheit temperatures brought on by the heatwave in the Pacific Northwest in June were more in line with what... Continue Reading →
Is climate change happening faster than expected? A climate scientist explains.
How Climate Change boosts Killer Heatwaves
Climate change is making extreme heat - like the recent Pacific heatwave - more common and more intense. This extreme weather has huge effects on human health, and as the global warming continues, temperatures will continue to become more deadly. In fact, some parts of the world may have even - temporarily - crossed the... Continue Reading →
Extreme Weather Is ‘New Normal’ Thanks To Decades Of Climate Inaction
“Extreme temperatures and extreme weather events like this are the new normal—a new normal that has been brought to us by decades of climate inaction,” says Chris Hayes. Video Source...
The American Conservation Coalition favors taking steps to combat climate change, and believes more young Republicans are concerned about protecting the Earth. The group's executive vice president, Danielle Butcher, joins Elaine Quijano on CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss their approach. Video Source...
Conservative group looks to increase action on climate change
In San Francisco, we're finally starting to put away our masks. With 74% of the city's residents over 12 fully vaccinated, for the first time in more than a year we're enjoying walking, shopping, and eating out, our faces naked. So I was startled when my partner reminded me that we need to buy masks... Continue Reading →
Teetering on the existential edge, we have one more last, best chance for survival
Northeastern Siberia is a place where people take Arctic temperatures in stride. But 100-degree days are another matter entirely. MAGARAS, Russia — The call for help lit up villagers’ phones at 7:42 on a muggy and painfully smoky evening on Siberia’s fast-warming permafrost expanse. “We urgently ask all men to come to the town hall... Continue Reading →
As Frozen Land Burns, Siberia Fears: ‘If We Don’t Have the Forest, We Don’t Have Life’
The American Petroleum Institute receives millions from oil companies – and works behinds the scenes to stall or weaken legislation When Royal Dutch Shell published its annual environmental report in April, it boasted that it was investing heavily in renewable energy. The oil giant committed to installing hundreds of thousands of charging stations for electric vehicles... Continue Reading →
How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action
The global consensus on how climate change will affect the planet is documented every few years by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an entity within the United Nations that compiles research on the subject with the assistance of thousands of volunteer scientists. The five reports compiled since 1990 have documented both updated estimates... Continue Reading →
