A new report released Tuesday by three watchdog groups highlights how Big Oil has cashed in on crises in the past year, while enriching shareholders. The industry has used the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s war on Ukraine, and the global climate emergency to benefit investors. The report from BailoutWatch, Friends of the Earth, and Public Citizen...
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres accused governments and corporations of “a litany of broken climate promises.” He also defended activists fighting for a future free from fossil fuels. Guterres’ comments came after the publication on Monday of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report. He called it “a file of shame.” It c...
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Thousands of residents in Somalia have started to flee their villages in search of a better life after three consecutive years without enough rainfall because of climate change. Ibrahim Abdiyow who fled his home town due to the drought said that community members lost all of their livelihoods due to the magnitude [&h...
A coalition of more than 200 groups Wednesday called on President Joe Biden to use the Defense Production Act to develop alternatives to fossil fuels. The move would simultaneously combat the climate crisis and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s stranglehold on the world’s energy economy. It would also support the transition to a renewable ec...
Young Fridays for Future climate campaigners took to the streets worldwide Thursday to stand with the people of Ukraine. They called for a world that prioritizes peace and freedom from fossil fuels for all. It criticized people for ignoring wars in South Sudan, Iraq, Nigeria, and the many other southern regions affected by “imperialist and [&h...
A remote hospital in Bangladesh’s southwestern Satkhira district has earned international recognition as the world’s best building and as a model infrastructure resilient to the impacts of climate change. Located near the world’s largest mangrove forest (‘Sundarbans’) and the Bay of Bengal, the rainwater-harvesting health facility ...
The White House has released a screening tool to help identify disadvantaged communities plagued by environmental hazards. But the administration won’t include race as a factor in deciding where to allocate resources. Officials told reporters Friday excluding race will make projects less likely to draw legal challenges and will be easier...
Environmental justice advocates say a methane plume seen last month from space is the latest evidence that fossil fuel emissions must be reined in. Geoanalytics firm Kayrros SAS detected the plume of invisible greenhouse gas, which spanned 56 miles across Louisiana, Bloomberg reported. It’s the largest concentration of the gas seen via satelli...
A new study shows that the world’s largest corporations plan to reduce absolute carbon emissions by only 40% on average. That’s far short of the 100% promised by their net-zero claims. The analysis published Monday by NewClimate Institute and Carbon Market Watch, found that the climate pledges of most multinational firms cannot be taken at [&h...
Over 10,000 tons of medical waste from the COVID-19 pandemic response have put global health waste management systems under tremendous pressure. They threaten human and environmental health, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Gloves are a bigger volume than masks, and vaccine waste is taking over from masks, said Maggie Montgomery, a ...
