The Most Dangerous Climate Argument Today Isn’t Denial, It’s Delay
By Dr. Joakim Kulin and Dr. Ekaterina Rhodes , DeSmog. Belief in climate change is rising, but action stalls. New research reveals how subtle narratives are slowing policy – and…
Trump Administration Faces Backlash Over $1 Billion Wind Project Cancellation Deal
ScheerPost Staff The Trump administration is facing sharp criticism after reaching a nearly $1 billion agreement with TotalEnergies that will end major offshore wind development plans along the eastern United…
As Another Oil-Fueled War Erupts, Study Reveals Planet Heating at Unprecedented Rate
Olivia Rosane for Common Dreams Nearly a week into President Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran that is likely to increase climate-warming emissions, new research has found that the pace…
Militarism, Climate Chaos, and the New Fascism: A Conversation with Abby Martin
In this edition of Scheer Intelligence, Robert Scheer sits down with journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin to unpack her blistering new documentary, Earth’s Greatest Enemy—a film that argues, with devastating…
Health and Climate Consequences of EPA’s Endangerment Finding Repeal ‘Cannot Be Overstated’
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with Pat Parenteau, an emeritus professor…
Abby Martin on the Democratic Party, Imperialism & the Crisis of the U.S. Left)
Posted by Joshua Scheer We did an amazing podcast with the incomparable journalist Abby Martin, but this clip started playing through my phone speakers and it was pretty brilliant and…
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the evidence says otherwise
Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of heat stroke on hot days, among many other human harms. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University…
Turning Point: Wind and Solar Outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time
Wind, solar and hydro accounted for 47.1% of electricity generation, nearly half, in the Eurozone.
All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment It is admittedly summer in Australia, but this is ridiculous. SBS News reports, “Australia . . . claimed all of the top 15 hottest…
The United States of Consumption
Our Trash and Our Lives, Here and Abroad.
We’re Racing Down the Highway to a Mad Max World
But There’s a Degrowth Exit Up Ahead.
EPA No Longer Considering Lives Saved in Pollution Rules, Only Cost to Business
The policy change says the “quiet part out loud,” one environmental advocate said.
Trump Abandonment of Global Treaties, Including Landmark Climate Deal, ‘Threatens All Life on Earth’
“Trump cutting ties with the world’s oldest climate treaty is another despicable effort to let corporate fossil fuel interests run our government."
Global South Is Now 1/3 of Major EV Markets, Leaving US in the Dust
When we say that people in the Global South are buying EVs hand over fist, alas, we aren’t saying that they are buying Chevy Bolts or Nissan Leafs or Teslas.
‘The Poor Are in a Very Bad State’: Climate Change Accelerates California’s Cost-of-Living Crisis
In ways subtle and extreme, the warming climate is hitting those with the least the hardest.