Who Will Pay for an Overheating Earth
Unlike the northern powers largely responsible for the greenhouse gases that created this growing set of disasters, as Stan and Priti Gulati Cox explain, the countries of the Global South…
What If the U.S. and China Really Cooperated on Climate Change?
Michael Klare takes a tiny bit of genuine good news — the U.S. and China, the globe’s two greatest carbon emitters, are again at least talking about climate change —…
Did the Ukraine War Kill ‘Natural Gas?’
Although the Ukraine War has been good for petroleum and fossil gas prices and sales in the short term, future historians may see it as the nail in the coffin…
Wildfire Smoke Can Activate Immune Cells Leading to a Long List of Diseases
By Bill Gabbert | The Energy Mix Immune cells that normally protect against inflammation and infections can be altered by wildfire smoke to promote inflammation. A long list of diseases…
Will We Ever See Climate Change on the Ballot?
When I consider this planet, the only one we humans have (at least as yet), I find it all too unnerving that climate change didn’t make it into the midterms…
Qatar Claims the 2022 World Cup is Carbon Neutral. It’s Not
A new report says stadium construction is largely to blame.
Climate Action Is Still Disconnected From Developing Country Realities
By Gaye Taylor | The Energy Mix A COP 27 panel discussion on accountability for climate action revealed an ongoing disconnect between developed and developing worlds, with the former urging…
The Most Important Climate Talk Happened Thousands of Miles From COP27
The world’s two biggest carbon polluters may have finally 'unshackled' climate discussions at COP27.
Why the War in Ukraine Is a True Act of Madness
Rajan Menon, only recently back from Ukraine, lays out just why that war qualifies right now as a true act of madness on Planet Earth.
The United Nations Issues Its Starkest Climate Warning Yet
By Juan Cole | Informed Comment The past eight years have been the eight hottest on record, in further evidence that human-caused global heating is accelerating rapidly and dangerously. So…
Heat Waves Cost Trillions and Hit Poorest Countries Hardest
By Tim Radford | The Energy Mix Summer heat waves driven by climate change do more than harm health and claim lives, a new study shows. They also blight national…
The Chris Hedges Report: Noam Chomsky, Pt 1
"In a wide-ranging discussion, Noam Chomsky and Chris Hedges discuss the war in Ukraine, the rising tide of global fascism, the climate catastrophe, and the role left to public intellectuals…
Safe Tap Water Should Be a Human Right
From Michigan to Mississippi to Tribal communities in the West, millions of Americans don’t have it.
Pakistan Flooding ‘Calamity’ Prompts Call for Reparations
“I have seen many humanitarian disasters in the world, but I have never seen climate carnage on this scale,” says UN Secretary General António Guterres of the recent floods in…
Ben & Jerry’s Pilot Project Aims to Halve Ice Cream Emissions by 2024
By Christopher Bonasia | The Energy Mix Iconic ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s will work with 15 dairy farms to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2024 as part of…