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The Path to a Livable Future – TomDispatch.com

Source: The Path to a Livable Future – TomDispatch.com

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Noam Chomsky and Stan Cox, Before It’s Too Late

POSTED ON OCTOBER 24, 2021

To the best of my memory, I first met Noam Chomsky in 1970. No, admittedly not in person, not then. But I “met” him through his remarkable essay “After Pinkville,” his look, […]

Climate Change: How 1.300 Billion Africans Cause Least But Suffer Most

While Africa reportedly causes just 4 percent of global emissions of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) —an acidic colourless gas with a density about 53% higher than that of dry air, causing climate change—, t

Source: Climate Change: How 1.300 Billion Africans Cause Least But Suffer Most

Hamburgers and Climate Change

Probably no country is more closely associated with the hamburger than the United States. It’s fair to say that the hamburger is the country’s culinary icon. It’s the most popular fast food cons

Source: Hamburgers and Climate Change

A Quartet of Warnings Highlight Climate-Related Threats – Defense One

Source: A Quartet of Warnings Highlight Climate-Related Threats – Defense One

Climate change is likely to crank up geopolitical tensions as temperatures rise and nations argue about who is responsible for fixing it, according to a new national intelligence estimate.

The intelligence community document is one of four climate-related reports released on Thursday by national-security agencies ahead […]

REPORT: The New Coal: Plastics & Climate Change — Beyond Plastics – Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution

Source: REPORT: The New Coal: Plastics & Climate Change — Beyond Plastics – Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution

By 2030, The Plastics Industry Will Release More Greenhouse Gas Emissions Than Coal Plants In The U.S. Bennington, VT –

Plastics are on track to contribute more climate change emissions than coal plants by 2030, […]

Fossil Fuel Companies Receive $11 Million a Minute in Subsidies, New Report Reveals

Source: Fossil Fuel Companies Receive $11 Million a Minute in Subsidies, New Report Reveals

“My Mother’s Struggle Lives On” | Global Witness

Source: “My Mother’s Struggle Lives On” | Global Witness

One year ago today, environment defender Fikile Ntshangase was at home with her grandson Buyile in Ophondweni, South Africa. Three unknown men arrived, stopping to check with Buyile whether his grandmother was in. They shot her dead in her living room. 

Fikile was a mother and grandmother, a campaigner, and a leader who had been […]

Catholic groups outline priorities ahead of Glasgow COP26 climate change summit | Earthbeat | National Catholic Reporter

Source: Catholic groups outline priorities ahead of Glasgow COP26 climate change summit | Earthbeat | National Catholic Reporter

Climate Change Poses a Widening Threat to National Security – The New York Times

Source: Climate Change Poses a Widening Threat to National Security – The New York Times

Deforestation Dividends: How global banks profit from rainforest destruction and human rights abuses | Global Witness

Source: Deforestation Dividends: How global banks profit from rainforest destruction and human rights abuses | Global Witness