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Investors in US Weapon-Makers Only Clear Winners of Afghan War
Investors in US Weapon-Makers Only Clear Winners of Afghan War Share prices of military manufacturers vastly outperformed the stock market overall during the Afghanistan War. May 25, 2002: Two U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters land at Bagram Airfield in Parwan, Afghanistan, after completing a mission. (U.S. National Archives) As the hawks who have been lying about the U.S. […]
Scientists Call Northwest Heatwave the ‘Most Extreme in World Weather Records’
Flames surround the drought-stricken Shasta Lake in Lakehead, California on July 2, 2021. (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images) Scientists Call Northwest Heatwave the ‘Most Extreme in World Weather Records’ “Never in the century-plus history of world weather observation have so many all-time heat records fallen by such a large margin.” A pair of climate scientists […]
The ‘Big Con’ Revealed: Report Details Fossil Fuel Industry’s Deceptive ‘Net Zero’ Strategy
A brown coal mining machine operating at the Welzow-Sued lignite opencast mine in Welzow, eastern Germany. A new report out Wednesday details how so-called “net zero” pledges are simply schemes propagated by the fossil fuel industry and other powerful interests “to mask inaction, foist the burden of emissions cuts and pollution avoidance on historically exploited […]
13 Years Is Too Long for Victims of Shell’s Oil Spills to Wait for Justice
13 Years Is Too Long for Victims of Shell’s Oil Spills to Wait for Justice This case has beaten a path through the undergrowth for victims of corporate crimes. Now we need strong laws to make this avenue easier to access. Donald Pols (R), director of Dutch environmental organization Milieudefensie, and Channa Samkalden (L), lawyer […]
Climate Campaigners Say ‘Listen to the Science’ as New Study Shows Earth Now Warmer Than Any Time in Last 12,000 Years
Climate Campaigners Say ‘Listen to the Science’ as New Study Shows Earth Now Warmer Than Any Time in Last 12,000 Years The study “changes the baseline and emphasizes just how critical it is to take our situation seriously,” its lead researcher said. A new study published in the journal Nature shows the Earth is now hotter than […]
With 10-Point Declaration, Global Coalition of Top Energy Experts Says: ‘100% Renewables Is Possible’
With 10-Point Declaration, Global Coalition of Top Energy Experts Says: ‘100% Renewables Is Possible’ “The solutions will not only save consumers money, but also create jobs and provide energy and more international security, while substantially reducing air pollution and climate damage from energy.” “A world based on 100% renewable energy is possible, and we are […]
Climate Campaigners Say ‘Listen to the Science’ as New Study Shows Earth Now Warmer Than Any Time in Last 12,000 Years
Climate Campaigners Say ‘Listen to the Science’ as New Study Shows Earth Now Warmer Than Any Time in Last 12,000 Years The study “changes the baseline and emphasizes just how critical it is to take our situation seriously,” its lead researcher said. A new study published in the journal Nature shows the Earth is now hotter than […]
Denouncing ‘Handouts to Big Oil,’ Biden Calls on Congress to End $40 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies for Fossil Fuels
Denouncing ‘Handouts to Big Oil,’ Biden Calls on Congress to End $40 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies for Fossil Fuels “Biden campaigned on eliminating fossil fuel giveaways, and voters agree by a huge margin,” said one climate activist. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry listens as President Joe Biden speaks on tackling climate change in […]
Humans May Have Passed the ‘Point of No Return’ in Climate Crisis, Says Study—But That Doesn’t Mean All Hope Is Lost
Humans May Have Passed the ‘Point of No Return’ in Climate Crisis, Says Study—But That Doesn’t Mean All Hope Is Lost In order to roll back catastrophic carbon emissions, humans must “start developing the technologies for large-scale removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere,” says one of the study’s lead authors. Melting permafrost in Canada’s […]
What If Preventing Collapse Isn’t Profitable?
What If Preventing Collapse Isn’t Profitable? The real downside of the green-profit narrative has been that it created the assumption in many people’s minds that the solution to climate change and other environmental dilemmas is technical, and that policy makers and industrialists will implement it for us, so that the way we live doesn’t need […]
NYT Finally Gets Around to Reporting OAS Fraud Election Claims in Bolivia Were Bogus
NYT Finally Gets Around to Reporting OAS Fraud Election Claims in Bolivia Were Bogus The Times only covered the problems with the OAS analysis after a study from three independent researchers found flawed data and analysis. Bolivia’s Evo Morales in 2008. (Joel Alvarez, Wikimedia Commons) More than seven months after claims of fraudulent elections sparked an undemocratic coup that led […]
Pandemic Response Requires Post-Growth Economic Thinking
Pandemic Response Requires Post-Growth Economic Thinking The end of growth is painful. We had a foretaste of it in 2008, but the current crisis promises to be much worse. Amid a horrific human tragedy of sickness and death, much of it taking place in hospitals staffed by brave but overworked and under-equipped doctors and nurses, […]
‘A Breath of Fresh Air’: Offshore Wind Power Could Produce More Electricity Than World Uses
‘A Breath of Fresh Air’: Offshore Wind Power Could Produce More Electricity Than World Uses “Let’s get going!” A new report from the International Energy Agency released Friday claims that wind power could be a $1 trillion business by 2040 and that the power provided by the green technology has the potential to outstrip global […]
US Beekeepers File Suit Against Trump EPA Charging ‘Illegal’ Approval of Insecticide Linked to Mass Die-Off
US Beekeepers File Suit Against Trump EPA Charging ‘Illegal’ Approval of Insecticide Linked to Mass Die-Off “Honeybees and other pollinators are dying in droves because of insecticides like sulfoxaflor, yet the Trump administration removes restriction just to please the chemical industry.” “It is inappropriate for EPA to solely rely on industry studies to justify bringing sulfoxaflor […]
Alarm as Trump Requests Permanent Reauthorization of NSA Mass Spying Program Exposed by Snowden
Alarm as Trump Requests Permanent Reauthorization of NSA Mass Spying Program Exposed by Snowden “The White House is calling for reauthorization of a program that security agencies have used to spy on innocent people, violate their privacy, and chill free speech.” Civil liberties groups and privacy advocates raised alarm Thursday after the Trump administration called […]
