Business & Economy

How a CEO Salary Cap Act Would Help Green the Economy

Daniel Wortel-London / Inequality.org Mar 13, 2024 Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Environment

Climate Action Requires ‘Severe, Durable Shocks’ to the Status Quo

Michaela Herrmann / DeSmog Feb 16, 2024 Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

The Two-Degree Future Is Now 

Christopher Ketcham / Truthdig Jan 2, 2024 In 2023, a number of climate records fell across a planet careening toward social and ecological chaos. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

Big Oil and Carbon Colonialism Cast Shadow on COP28

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan / Democracy Now! Dec 11, 2023 The Kick Big Polluters Out coalition of environmental groups released an analysis revealing that close to 2,500 fossil fuel lobbyists have flooded COP28. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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The Fallacy of ‘Climate Friendly’ Beef 

Jessica Scott-Reid / Truthdig Nov 27, 2023 Despite industry claims, the evidence suggests industrial-scale cattle farming will always hurt the planet. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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The Existential Dilemma of Offshore Riches

Rachel Reeves / Truthdig Oct 18, 2023 Scientists worldwide counter that the disruptions to ocean ecosystems and food chains could be catastrophic. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

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Using Nature to Heal Nature

Rachel Reeves / Truthdig Oct 3, 2023 A startup wants to store plants in the bottom of the Black Sea to save humanity from its carbon footprint. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Palauan President Urges Global Moratorium on Deep-Sea Mining

Rachel Reeves / Truthdig Sep 28, 2023 Surangel Whipps Jr., president of the island nation, spoke at the U.N. General Assembly about the potentially devastating consequences of deep-sea mining. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Clarence Thomas Secretly Involved in Koch Network Donor Gatherings

Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski / ProPublica Sep 22, 2023 Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Environment

Welcome to the New Green Colonialism

John Feffer / TomDispatch Sep 22, 2023 Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Environment

Climate Change Is the Fight of Our Lifetime—It’s Time We Spent Our Money Like We Knew That

Lindsay Koshgarian, Alliyah Lusuegro / OtherWords Sep 21, 2023 More than half of discretionary spending goes to the military. Only a tiny fraction addresses the most urgent threat to our security. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

World

A Just Global Contract Is Urgent Says Cuban President and G77 Chair

Miguel Díaz-Canel / People's Dispatch Sep 21, 2023 Speaking at the UN General Assembly session, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel stressed the need for "changes that can no longer be postponed in the midst of the unjust, irrational and abusive international economic order." Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )