Why our journey toward bold Climate and Ecological transformation is being delayed—and how we can reclaim it. IntroductionAt Climate Change Community LLC, our mission revolves around cultivating robust Adaptive Resiliency to meet the mounting urgency of our Climate and Ecological emergency. It’s vital that we understand not only what solutions we must deploy, but equally... Continue Reading →
The Suicide of the Species: How Climate Denial is Killing Our Future
"A civilization that ignores the warnings of its own scientists is one that has signed its own death warrant." The Final Chapter in Humanity’s Story? Imagine this: It’s the year 2100. The last remaining inhabitants of Miami live on artificial platforms above the submerged skeleton of a once-thriving city. Wildfires burn unchecked in the American... Continue Reading →
Floods, Fires & Heat Waves: Michael Mann on “The New Climate War” & the Fight to Take Back the Planet
We speak with leading climate scientist Michael Mann about the catastrophic impact of the climate crisis around the world. He says he and other scientists predicted the extreme weather events now wreaking havoc. “We said that if we don’t stop burning fossil fuels and elevating the levels of carbon pollution in the atmosphere and we... Continue Reading →
As oil majors exit the North Sea, the region’s new players bring a track record of lobbying against climate policy, polluting the environment, and committing alleged labour violations. Companies with histories of environmental abuses and alleged labour violations, backed by private equity and with ties to foreign governments, stand to profit from North Sea oil... Continue Reading →
‘Gathering Storm’: How ‘Rogue’ Companies are Buying up North Sea Oil and Gas
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
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
Support for coal, oil and gas remains high despite pledges to tackle climate crisis The G20 countries have provided more than $3.3tn (£2.4tn) in subsidies for fossil fuels since the Paris climate agreement was sealed in 2015, a report shows, despite many committing to tackle the crisis. This backing for coal, oil and gas is... Continue Reading →
‘Reckless’: G20 states subsidised fossil fuels by $3tn since 2015, says report
An annual ExxonMobil report shows the company routinely giving six-figure sums to Brookings, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and similar institutions. Not everyone is happy about Unearthed’s recent exposé on ExxonMobil. Shortly after the Greenpeace-attached journalistic outfit published quotes top Exxon lobbyist Keith McCoy unknowingly gave to an undercover reporter about the oil giant’s... Continue Reading →
Centrist Think Tanks Are Raking In Exxon Cash
Originally published: Red Flag News by James Plested (December 10, 2019 ) The climate crisis isn’t a future we must fight to avoid. It’s an already unfolding reality. It’s the intensification of extreme weather–cyclones, storms and floods, droughts and deadly heat waves. It’s burning forests in Australia, the Amazon, Indonesia, Siberia, Canada and California. It’s... Continue Reading →
How the rich plan to rule a burning planet
“Instead of funding non-polluting alternatives, it throws public money at expensive, unproven technologies that will allow the fossil fuel industry to continue poisoning frontline communities and trashing the planet." Public and environmental health advocates on Tuesday denounced Sen. Joe Manchin's Energy Infrastructure Act of 2021, calling the bill, which proposes spending 70 times more on... Continue Reading →
Manchin’s Energy Bill Condemned as ‘Kick in the Gut to Climate Justice’
Exxon Mobil Corp. lobbyist Keith McCoy listed six Democrats the oil giant saw as key allies to push its legislative agenda in the Senate in a secretly recorded sting video Greenpeace UK published late last month. New analysis of campaign disclosures found the six Democratic senators ― Mark Kelly (Ariz.), Maggie Hassan (N.H.), Joe Manchin... Continue Reading →