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The first-ever lawsuit against fossil fuel company for plastic recycling fraud follows a Center for Climate Integrity report showing that Big Oil and the plastics industry deceived public for decades about plastic recycling.
A melting glacier caused a mountain in Greenland to collapse into a narrow fjord, setting off an oscillating wave that rattled seismic detectors around the world.
The agency recently said that it had reached 101% of its firefighter hiring goal for 2024, but those on the front lines say the agency is understating how badly depleted their ranks are, especially for experienced firefighters.
A new study finds that during smoky years like 2018, when the town of Paradise burned down, more than 10,000 people died prematurely. It’s a wake-up call about the scale of the problem, they say.
Unplugged oil and gas wells accelerate climate change, threaten public health and risk hitting taxpayers’ pocketbooks. ProPublica and Capital & Main found that the money set aside to fix the problem falls woefully short of the impending cost.
The world’s most prolific fossil fuel major is guilty of human rights violations along with its crimes against the climate. Who’d have guessed?
As California is pummeled by unprecedented storms and wildfires, corporations are fighting a landmark bill exposing their true contributions to climate change.
New figures revealed that 90% of extreme weather deaths between 1970 and 2021 have happened in the Global South. A new release by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) spelled out Read More…
January 24, 2023 Environmental scientists have found hazardous levels of manufactured chemicals in rainwater, leading to the dramatic conclusion that rainwater is “no longer safe to drink anywhere on Earth,” Read More…
Fossil fuel subsidies trigger a vicious circle that leads to higher production, higher consumption, and higher emissions.
The only place in the world where the species is found is on 760 acres of wetlands about 100 miles east of Reno, Nevada, near a renewable energy project.
“But the battle for my freedom and to hold Chevron accountable continues,” said the jailed human rights lawyer, who won a landmark multibillion-dollar judgment against the oil giant for Ecuadoran Indigenous people.
The six-month sentence was the maximum prison term that disbarred human rights lawyer Steven Donziger, 60 and a Harvard Law graduate, could be given on the six misdemeanor counts he faced after helping to obtain a $9.6 billion settlement against Chevron.
Steven Donziger’s legal saga has demonstrated deep-rooted conflicts of interest in the judicial system when it comes to climate justice.
Entomologist Eric Day says the insects could create a “substantial noise issue” in some communities.
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