Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, par LAKHANI Nina, RUSHE Dominic
Citi, BofA, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo leave framework that assesses environmental, social and governance (ESG) financing
Critics say the banks are bending to pressure from climate-denying extremists. Photograph : Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Four of the world’s biggest banks have left (…)
, by HELMORE Edward, YANG Maya
More than 60% of US faces winter weather warnings, with temperatures drastically below normal in many places
Freezing temperatures engulf US causing widespread travel disruption – video report
A wild winter storm enveloped much of the US on Saturday, bringing blizzards, freezing rain, (…)
, by ANTIPOVA Angela, BURNETTE Dorian J., LOMBARDI Ray
Rivers are critical corridors that connect cities and ecosystems alike. When drought develops, water levels fall, making river navigation harder and more expensive.
In 2022, water levels in some of the world’s largest rivers, including the Rhine in Europe and the Yangtze in China, fell to (…)
, by LA BOTZ Dan
Earlier this month, storms caused flooding in Jackson, the state capital and the largest city in the state of Mississippi, knocking out the water system and leaving residents without running water.
The flood overwhelmed the city’s antiquated water system leaving the 150,000 residents, 85 (…)
, by BAUM Kristen A.
The iconic monarch butterfly has been added to the Red List of endangered species, but hasn’t received protection in the US yet. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.
On July 21, 2022, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature placed the migratory monarch butterfly on its Red List (…)
, by SHEPPARD Barry
SAN FRANCISCO —The past year has seen an intensification of floods, wildfires, droughts, heatwaves and other results of global warming worldwide.
On August 6, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a report sounding the alarm.
An article in the New York (…)
, by LA BOTZ Dan
Years of education, protest, and lobbying seem to be finally having an effect on U.S. environmental policies, though not without constant Republican resistance and Democratic vacillation—and so far, neither fast enough or strong enough for the change we need. The oil and coal companies (…)
, by SHEPPARD Barry
President Biden held a metting of some world leaders to discuss climate change in late April, to call for new commitments on carbon emissions.
Climate activist and leader Greta Thunberg sent out a video the day before the conference began, denouncing it as “bullshit.”
“At the Leaders (…)
, by SHEPPARD Barry
The colder air and winter storms that came down the central part of the United States were another example of extreme weather due to global warming.
This event also revealed that the basic infrastructure of the country is not up to effectively dealing with the effects of climate change now and (…)
, by LA BOTZ Dan
Climate change and Republican policies combined in Texas last week to produce a disaster that left millions without power, without heat, and without water as temperatures fell below freezing and snow and ice covered the state, leaving at least 50 dead. The state’s rare severe cold is another (…)
Many celebrated the electoral defeat of Donald Trump, danced in the streets and cried with tears of joy. For those from the progressive movements, it was a hard-earned victory born out of their collective power and strong political will to confront white supremacy and fascism.
It was a time to (…)
, by CONLEY Julia
“The fact that we’re finding hundreds of these birds dying, just kind of falling out of the sky is extremely alarming.”
A combination of factors—all related to the climate crisis—is believed to be behind one of the largest mass bird die-off events in recent memory in the Southwest, according (…)
, by SULLIVAN Laura
Laura Leebrick, a manager at Rogue Disposal & Recycling in southern Oregon, is standing on the end of its landfill watching an avalanche of plastic trash pour out of a semitrailer: containers, bags, packaging, strawberry containers, yogurt cups.
None of this plastic will be turned into (…)
, by SHEPPARD Barry
When I got up the morning of the September 20 world-wide student climate strike, I turned on the TV news with my cup of coffee, and saw a huge, spirited and loud demonstration in Melbourne, Australia, held the previous day, which was September 20 there. I was both surprised and inspired.
Then (…)
, by SHEPPARD Barry
Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas, a small nation on a series of islands east and south of the Florida peninsula, as a category 5 storm with 185 miles- per-hour winds. It stalled there for two days as a category 4, utterly destroying over 13,000 homes.
Storm surges and heavy rains added to the (…)
, by CHOMSKY Aviva
Become a powerful force for change
When it comes to heat, extreme weather, wildfires, and melting glaciers, the planet is now in what the media increasingly refers to as “record” territory, as climate change’s momentum outpaces predictions. In such a situation, in a country whose president and (…)
, by HUDIS Peter
The Green New Deal (GND), drawn up by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ed Markey, is the most ambitious and comprehensive program to deal with climate change ever made by political representatives to Congress and the U.S. public. It calls for making dramatic changes within the next ten (…)
SFTP’s People’s Green New Deal campaign will run for a full year, through spring 2020. We will:
1. Hold high profile, public events that examine the overlapping social, political, and technical aspects of the Green New Deal.
2. Collect testimony, through audio and video recordings, (…)
, by FEELEY Dianne
THE GREEN NEW Deal resolution introduced into Congress by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey is a manifesto that has changed the terms of the debate over the country’s future. Cutting through the Trump administration’s denials about who is responsible for the extreme (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers, DSA (USA)
Humankind has reached a moment of existential crisis. Human activity is causing disastrous climate disruption and Earth’s sixth mass extinction event, triggering critical losses of biodiversity. We are already locked in for global warming that will have catastrophic effects, and we are on a (…)
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