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…
Big Oil Cashed In While War Sent Prices Soaring
ScheerPost Staff It’s All About The Oil As ordinary people paid more at the pump, fossil fuel executives were cashing out. A new analysis reported by The Wall Street Journal…
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…
“The Mask Is Completely Ripped Off”: Abby Martin on War, Collapse, and U.S. Power
ScheerPost Staff In a moment when the United States is waging open war in Iran, backing Israel’s devastation of Gaza, and accelerating a global arms race powered by AI, journalist…
Pípsell: The last stand (Documentary)
Brandi Morin The Real News Network (TRNN) In their new feature documentary, Pípsell: The Last Stand, award-winning journalist Brandi Morin and filmmaker Geordie Day expose the human and environmental costs…
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…
Data Center Giant Secures $14 Million Deal to Consume 40% of Pennsylvania Town’s Excess Water
The data center will get access to 400,000 gallons of water per day—enough to serve over 2,300 homes.
Greenland Is Not for Sale: An Indigenous Activist Speaks Out Against the US
The people of Greenland have stated: “We don’t want to be American, we don’t want to be Danish, we are Greenlandic.”
Saudis to invest Billions in Renewable Power in Turkiye, incl. 2 Gigs of New Solar
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment The Saudi-owned daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat reports that during a visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Riyadh, a multi-billion dollar investment by Saudi…
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.