There's likely to be a significant increase in the number of lawsuits brought against fossil fuel companies in the coming years, say researchers. Their new study finds that to date, lawyers have failed to use the most up-to-date scientific evidence on the cause of rising temperatures. As a result, there have been few successful claims for compensation.... Continue Reading →
Democrats hope to include climate and clean energy in a second bill. It could be Biden’s last chance to pass major global warming legislation. WASHINGTON — A deal reached Thursday between President Biden and a bipartisan group of senators for $579 billion in new spending to repair the nation’s roads, rails and bridges does relatively... Continue Reading →
Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Omits Big Climate Measures
Haunted by their failure to pass a climate bill in 2009, some Democrats are vowing “no climate, no deal.” Democrats tried to pass a big climate bill the last time they controlled the White House and Congress. It failed in a Senate with a bigger Democratic majority than the one they currently have. More than... Continue Reading →
Democrats think now is their last, best chance to pass a big climate bill
No one needed to predict a frothing horde of Trump supporters would lay siege to the Capitol on Wednesday because they told us that was the plan all along. They told us not just on Twitter, TikTok, and TheDonald in the weeks leading up to the attack. They’ve been telling us for years from the... Continue Reading →
There is Such a Thing as Too Late…
THE THAW SPEEDS UP
The unexpectedly rapid collapse of ice-rich permafrost in the Arctic could pump billions of additional tons of methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year—a threat that has yet to be fully accounted for in climate models. Scientists are discovering destabilized landscapes where permafrost that once thawed a few inches a year can now... Continue Reading →
Green New Deal Article Excerpt […] It begins with the galloping momentum calling on the Democratic Party to use its majority in the House to create the Select Committee for a Green New Deal, a plan advanced by Ocasio-Cortez and now backed by more than representatives. The draft text calls for the committee, which would... Continue Reading →
excerpt from: The Game-Changing Promise of a Green New Deal
What is the Green New Deal and how would it benefit society? Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey, along with dozens of co-sponsors, have introduced a vision for the Green New Deal. One Republican called it a “socialist manifesto”. Many environmental advocacy groups have hailed it, but some say it doesn’t go far enough. Others warn that its broad scope and the... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 