As Climate Chaos Accelerates, Governments Avert Their Eyes
The onrush of other crises is no excuse for ignoring climate change.
False Transitions and Global Stocktakes: The Failure of COP28
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch The time has come to treat the sequence of UN Climate Change Conferences, the latest concluding in Dubai, as a series of the failed and…
Super-Rich 1% Match Carbon Emissions of the Poorest 5 Billion People, Oxfam Report Reveals
New report exposes how the ultra-rich 1% maintains massive carbon emission discrepancies with the poorest 66% of the globe.
Emissions of Richest 1% Will Cause 1.3 Million Heat Deaths: Oxfam
"The super-rich are plundering and polluting the planet to the point of destruction and it is those who can least afford it who are paying the highest price."
The Last 12 Months Were Hottest the World Has Experienced in Last 125,000 Years
Global average temperatures over the past year were 1.32 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels.
Larry’s List: the Powell Memo’s Legacy, Human Cost of War, Copyright Case Against AI and More
By SP Staff ScheerPost is bringing back Larry’s List, a daily news curation from USC communications professor Larry Gross, to keep you up to date with the most cutting edge…
Larry’s List: Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza; AAUP Penn Statement on Academic Freedom; Sabotaging AI with Pixels
By SP Staff ScheerPost is bringing back Larry’s List, a daily news curation from USC communications professor Larry Gross, to keep you up to date with the most cutting edge…
The Illusion of Green Capitalism
Green Capitalism Will Not Solve Climate Change or Any of the Other Problems Driving Us Toward Extinction.
‘Inexcusable’: U.S. Slammed for Refusal on Global Green Climate Fund
"Parties missed a pivotal opportunity for developed countries to walk the talk regarding their commitments to combating the climate crisis," one campaigner lamented.
A Major Win Against Factory Farming Points to a Powerful New Direction for the Climate Movement
Small farmers in Oregon, backed by a coalition of animal rights and climate activists, secured a big legislative victory over industrial factory farms, providing inspiration for wider action.
The Climate March, Joe Biden and AOC’s Dubious Endorsement
Jeff Cohen discusses the inspiring march and AOC’s rousing speech at the rally -- but ends with respectful questions about AOC’s orientation toward Biden and her endorsement of his reelection
Libya’s Climate Disaster Shows We Can’t Afford Erratic Leaders Like Trump and Haftar Anymore
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – For the past two weeks the Mediterranean has been reeling from the massive devastation wrought regionally by Hurricane Daniel,…
New Study Identifies United States as ‘Planet-Wrecker-in-Chief’
Planned fossil fuel expansion in the U.S. accounts for more than a third of new oil and gas extraction projects set to begin through 2050, according to Oil Change International.
Net Zero Minister Linked to Oil-Funded Group That Targeted Climate Protesters
Claire Coutinho was senior fellow at Policy Exchange, which drafted law to crack down on XR and other climate activists