“Despite promising statements, the [Petersberg] dialogue did not result in firm commitments to a green and just recovery.” by: Jessica Corbett, German Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze participates in the virtual Petersberg Climate Dialogue XI […]
by KIRKPATRICK SALE Two truths at least are certain in this post-pandemic world: 1) Humans have so dominated the world, destroying much of non-human life and systems in the process, that the world has struck back […]
By Tina Landis Geese flying. Photo: National Park Service. In a move that will increase corporate profits and further weaken regulatory powers, the Trump administration is relaxing criminal penalties under the migratory bird law for […]
by RUTH HOPKINS Photograph Source: The Institute for Inclusive Security – CC BY 2.0 Last year, we all watched in horror as the Amazon rainforest burned at an unprecedented rate. We cannot afford to lose it, especially […]
By Tina Landis Confirmed cases of coronavirus as of March 29. Darkest red signifies over 100,000 confirmed cases. Photo: Wikimedia Commons As I write this article, most of the nation is living under shelter-in-place orders […]
“Let us have no illusions: the climate crisis is already causing calamity and more is to come,” said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. “This is a battle we can—and must—win.” by: Jessica Corbett, A fire rages […]
by EVAGGELOS VALLIANATOS Tehachapi, California. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. The corona virus pandemic is no accident. Like past global epidemics, it’s a warning that nature has had it with the ecocidal proclivities of man. These outrageous […]
by ROBERT HUNZIKER A recent landmark study of massive ice loss in Antarctica and Greenland fulfills the “worst case” prognosis, as outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It’s a nightmare come true, as […]
by STAN COX Photograph by Jeffrey St. Clair In a Washington Post opinion piece last month, Robert Frank sought to instruct us in how peer pressure can “help stop climate change.” He wasn’t very convincing on that point; he did […]
by JOHN FEFFER Photograph Source: CDC/Dr. Fred Murphy – Public Domain At a dinner party in mid-February, an architect told me that he was having a problem finishing his building projects. It was the carpets. Most […]