(2022-02-11). Sunday 3/13: 2022 One Earth Film Festival (Mar 13). indybay.org Virtual Climate and Ecology Film Festival – FREE…
(2022-02-11). Friday 3/11: 2022 One Earth Film Festival (Mar 11). indybay.org Virtual Climate and Ecology Film Festival – FREE…
(2022-02-11). "Politics as Usual" Will Never Be a Solution to the Current Climate Threat. truthout.org There is an ever-growing consensus that the climate crisis represents humanity's greatest problem. Indeed, global warming is more than an environmental crisis — there are social, political, ethical and economic dimensions to it. Even the role of science should be exposed to critical inquiry when discussing the dimensions of the climate crisis, considering that technology bears such responsibility for bringing us to the brink of global disaster. This is the theme of my interview with renowne…
(2022-02-10). Capitol Hill Staffers Are Organizing Unions. popularresistance.org The Environmental Protection Agency is drastically undervaluing the potency of methane as a greenhouse gas when the agency compares methane's climate impact to that of carbon dioxide, a new study concludes. | The EPA's climate accounting for methane is "arbitrary and unjustified" and three times too low to meet the goals set in the Paris climate agreement, the research report, published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Research Letters, found. | The report proposes a new method of accounting that places greater emphasis on the potential for cuts in methane and other short-lived greenhouse gasses to help lim…
(2022-02-10). Study: To Counter Global Warming, Focus Far More On Methane. popularresistance.org The Environmental Protection Agency is drastically undervaluing the potency of methane as a greenhouse gas when the agency compares methane's climate impact to that of carbon dioxide, a new study concludes. | The EPA's climate accounting for methane is "arbitrary and unjustified" and three times too low to meet the goals set in the Paris climate agreement, the research report, published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Research Letters, found. | The report proposes a new method of accounting that places greater emphasis on the potential for cuts in methane and other short-lived greenhouse gasses to help lim…
(2022-02-10). Rep. Ro Khanna: Big Oil Must Confront Climate Denialism, Meet Emissions Pledges. truthout.org Congressmember Ro Khanna chaired a congressional hearing this week that called out fossil fuel companies for failing to meet their pledges to reduce emissions and demanded CEOs of corporations like ExxonMobil confront their climate change denialism and correct their record of contradicting statements. "The goal is to get them to admit that they made mistakes in the past and commit to change going forward," says Khanna. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its fin…
(2022-02-10). Headlines for February 10, 2022. democracynow.org CDC Continues to Recommend Indoor Masking as More States Roll Back COVID Restrictions, GOP Rep. Hal Rogers Apologizes for Telling Black Caucus Chair Rep. Joyce Beatty, "Kiss My Ass", Russia Opens Joint War Games with Belarus as U.S. Troops Mobilize to Romania and Poland, Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Peter Navarro, Who Boasted of Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election, Biden Administration Unveils $5 Billion Plan to Fund Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Climate Experts Detail Misinformation by Fossil Fuel Cos. as Oil CEOs Refuse to Testify to Congress, Youth Climate Activists Sue Virginia for Violating The…
(2022-02-10). Saturday 3/5: 2022 One Earth Film Festival (Mar 5). indybay.org Virtual Climate and Ecology Film Festival – FREE…
(2022-02-10). Wednesday 3/9: 2022 One Earth Film Festival (Mar 9). indybay.org Virtual Climate and Ecology Film Festival – FREE…
(2022-02-10). Rep. Ro Khanna Wants Big Oil to Confront Record of Climate Denialism, Meet Emissions Reduction Vows. democracynow.org Congressmember Ro Khanna chaired a congressional hearing this week that called out fossil fuel companies for failing to meet their pledges to reduce emissions and demanded CEOs of corporations like ExxonMobil confront their climate change denialism and correct their record of contradicting statements. "The goal is to get them to admit that they made mistakes in the past and commit to change going forward," says Khanna.
(2022-02-10). Sunday 3/6: 2022 One Earth Film Festival (Day 2). indybay.org Virtual Climate and Ecology Film Festival – FREE…
(2022-02-10). Saturday 3/12: 2022 One Earth Film Festival (Mar 12). indybay.org Virtual Climate and Ecology Film Festival – FREE…
(2022-02-10). CDC reviews wastewater data to monitor levels of coronavirus. ecns.cn The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun listing crucial information on how prevalent the coronavirus is in local wastewater to help determine whether levels of the virus are rising or falling in hundreds of communities nationwide.
(2022-02-10). Saudi Arabia Levels Up Atrocities against Yemen as Allies Offer Muted Response. journal-neo.org Saudi Arabia's determination to lay waste to Yemen has reached new heights over the past few weeks, adding to an already deplorable litany of war crimes. Faced with the possibility of a new war front, in that the Houthis directed their ire directly at the United Arab Emirates after Riyadh called on their help to …