Contrary to What the Washington Post Tells Readers, China Is Doing a Huge Amount To Combat Global Warming
China is selling EVs, solar panels, batteries and other clean technologies at hugely subsidized prices.
China Opens World’s Largest Offshore Solar Power Facility, as US Falls Further Behind
If there is a will to use them to cut carbon dioxide production, as there is in China, then places will be found to put them — as China is…
Billionaires Are Not Going to Save Us
Looking for Hope in Hard Places and Hard Times.
Why a Liberated Palestine Threatens Global Capitalism
We have to be cognizant of the facts that a struggle for economic liberation in the South is fundamentally antithetical to the capitalist world economy, because accumulation in the core…
Hurricane Season Rips Into US War-Spending
With another major storm bearing down on Florida, Elizabeth Vos reports on distressed survivors of Helene and tight federal disaster relief funding amid a flood of U.S. money for foreign…
Several FL Jails in Milton’s Projected Path Refuse to Evacuate People Inside
“When my son was sentenced, he was not given a death sentence,” said one parent of a person currently in jail.
Departures From Climate Action 100+ Highlight U.S.-Europe Divide Over ESG Investing
In recent months, several major U.S. financial firms have left Climate Action 100+ in apparent response to political pressure. Abroad, the initiative is anything but losing steam.
Young People Will Save the World, Because We’re the Last Generation That Can
The past 20 years have been critical in the fight for sustainable climate solutions. With only five years left to avert global warming beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius, young people are…
US Militarism Is a Leading Cause of the Climate Catastrophe
US military interventions are not just wars on people — they’re also wars on the climate.
As Climate Change Worsens, Deadly Prison Heat is Increasingly an Everywhere Problem
With heat waves sweeping across the country, incarcerated people in states with traditionally milder climates are facing brutal conditions that have long plagued the South and Southwest. A survey by…
How Summer of Heat on Wall Street is Using Disruption to End Fossil Fuel Financing
A new climate campaign is testing whether relentless civil disobedience can stop Citi from backing the fossil fuel industry.
Outrage as NYPD Arrests Cello-Playing Grandfather at Citibank Climate Protest
"Rather than doing something about its role in the climate crisis, Citi is choosing instead to target climate activists with false charges and unwarranted arrests," said cellist John Mark Rozendaal.
Inconvenient Truths: Trump Trumps EVs
By Diego Ramos / Original to ScheerPost At the Republican National Convention last night, Donald Trump took a shot at the electric vehicle (EV) industry, stating that he will “end…
Nearly 600 Dead of Heat Stroke in Mecca
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As the temperature in Mecca reached 125.24° F. (51.8° C.) on Tuesday, word leaked out that nearly 600 pilgrims…
International Study Finds Indicators of Economic Growth Without Environmental Harm in China’s Yangtze River Delta Region
Developments reported by researchers could influence other sustainability challenges around the world.