“As we speak, oil is spilling in my community every day, people are dying.”
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Adaptation to the effects of climate change remains 'overlooked', according to a new report by the Government's independent advisory body on tackling the issue
Sam Bright reports on the scale of pollution being pumped into the North Sea
"(The plan) shows direct disregard for the sovereignty and self-determination of Pacific peoples and the ocean their livelihoods depend upon."
The religious right largely opposes government regulation to protect the environment, but this hasn’t always been the case.
Former U.S. wildlife official Chris Serhveen lost faith in delisting when Montana’s GOP revealed its anti-bear “hysteria.”
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A spate of articles have argued protection of the environment is incompatible with population and economic growth. But they do not address how to stop this growth and its public acceptability, nor how more determined efforts to protect the environment can succeed. Over the last few weeks Pearls and Irritations has posted several articles asserting Continue reading »
The Financial Services and Markets Bill risks wrecking the UK's commitment to net zero, writes Thomas Perrett
One protester was killed by police, 20 were charged under a “domestic terror” law, and Georgia’s governor gave himself broad “emergency” powers.
The post The Crackdown on Cop City Protesters Is So Brutal Because of the Movement’s Success appeared first on The Intercept.
New assessment by Pesticides Action Network North America examines the “vicious cycle” linking these fossil fuel–derived chemicals and climate change.