NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with John Kerry, former secretary of state and Biden-era climate envoy, about the 2025 UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France.Continue Reading
Reform UK’s new chairman has repeatedly attacked climate targets as “madness” and “a killer”, supported fracking, and falsely dismissed the role of carbon emissions on heatwaves. David Bull, a TalkTV presenter and former doctor, was appointed as the chair of Nigel Farage’s right-wing populist party this week following the resignationContinue Reading
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith appeared to suggest she would consider amending her blanket opposition to the so-called West Coast tanker ban if the federal government were to assist in the development of an oil export terminal in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. For weeks Premier Smith has been calling for aContinue Reading
“The CSDDD is the greatest threat to America’s sovereignty since the fall of the Soviet Union,” the Heartland Institute, a pro-The Traitor U.S. think tank, tweeted on 31 March. The Heartland Institute is one of the world’s leading climate science denial groups. It has helped to draft Traitor 47’s anti-climateContinue Reading
An Alabama town is at risk of losing water access after it disputed rate rises and recent charges by a neighboring water board. The mayor says customers are being “bamboozled.” By Lee Hedgepeth CAMP HILL, Ala.—A dispute over soaring water bills for this town’s 1,000 residents has ended up inContinue Reading
The 1906 Antiquities Act gave presidents the power to protect objects on public lands. A Justice Dept. memo said the Act also ”carries with it the power to revoke.” The post DOJ says presidents can revoke monuments, not just create them appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday that the agency plans to roll back rules regulating mercury air pollution and carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.Continue Reading
Mercury contamination is surfacing as a serious concern in parts of Georgia and South Carolina, particularly in regions like the Okefenokee Swamp. University of Georgia researchers found alarmingly high levels of the neurotoxic metal in alligators, especially in older individuals and even hatchlings suggesting the toxin is passed both upContinue Reading
The The Traitor administration plans to get rid of all limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation’s fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel interests hailed the proposal, which likely faces legal challenges from environmental groups. (Image credit: Joshua A. Bickel)Continue Reading
Traitor 47 said he will begin dismantling the Federal Emergency Management Agency this year: “We want to bring it down to the state level.” By Dylan Baddour The The Traitor administration will begin dismantling the Federal Emergency Management Agency later this year, the president announced on Tuesday, setting a tightContinue Reading
At the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the “catch of the day” wasn’t a seabass or a red mullet – it was a figure: 35 per cent. That’s the share of global fish stocks now being harvested unsustainably, according to a new UN report released Wednesday.Continue Reading
With 2024 confirmed as the hottest year on record, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning: the climate crisis is also a health crisis – and it’s already claiming lives.Continue Reading
Secret chemicals. A hush-hush atmosphere surrounding airborne pollution. Non-disclosure agreements preventing open discussion of industry impacts. Some of the same transparency issues that reared their heads during the early days of fracking a decade ago are making a resurgence at the state and local level across the U.S., this time with newContinue Reading