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Grassroots-Run Fund for Frontline Power Pours $5 Million Into US Climate Justice Groups

Brett Wilkins Fund for Frontline Power is a solidarity philanthropy centering on leaders from impacted communities as experts and decision-makers—honoring their lived experience, and following their lead A grassroots climate justice fund on Monday announced its inaugural slate of grants totalling more than $5 million for 48 organizations working to tackle the worsening planetary emergency,… Continue reading Grassroots-Run Fund for Frontline Power Pours $5 Million Into US Climate Justice Groups

Researchers Warn Great Salt Lake’s Retreat Threatens Crucial Ecosystem, Public Health

Julia Conley “The lake’s ecosystem is not only on the edge of collapse. It is collapsing,” said one ecologist. Scientists are warning Utah officials that the Great Salt Lake is shrinking far faster than experts previously believed, and calling for a major reduction in water consumption across the American West in order to prevent the… Continue reading Researchers Warn Great Salt Lake’s Retreat Threatens Crucial Ecosystem, Public Health

‘Turn Off the Tap on Plastic,’ UN Chief Declares Amid Debate Over New Global Treaty

Kenny Stancil Hours before the first round of negotiations to advance a global plastics treaty concluded Friday in Punta Del Este, Uruguay, the leader of the United Nations implored countries “to look beyond waste and turn off the tap on plastic.” “The push for an ambitious global plastics treaty has only just begun.” “Plastics are fossil… Continue reading ‘Turn Off the Tap on Plastic,’ UN Chief Declares Amid Debate Over New Global Treaty

Rapid Green Energy Transition by 2050 Could Save the World at Least $12 Trillion

Jessica Corbett Fast transition would feature an end to fossil fuels by 2050; the estimate is that this path would save the world $12 trillion. Slow transition would involve shifting to clean energy by 2070. No transition means the energy system that would remain dominated by fossil fuels, as it is currently. Peer-reviewed research released… Continue reading Rapid Green Energy Transition by 2050 Could Save the World at Least $12 Trillion

Bonn Climate Summit Ends in ‘Unconscionable’ Failure as Rich Nations Turn Backs on Poorest

Julia Conley Deepening campaigners’ anger was the fact that European countries present at the Bonn conference are currently boosting fossil fuel imports to replace the gas shipments they previously received from Russia “We have had enough of you offering crumbs with one hand while you starve the world with the other,” said one campaigner. “Your… Continue reading Bonn Climate Summit Ends in ‘Unconscionable’ Failure as Rich Nations Turn Backs on Poorest

Two Years Into Pandemic, Human Rights Watch Warns of Lessons Not Learned

Jessica Corbett “As we enter the third year,” an expert at the group says, “the inequities that have characterized the past two years are only being further entrenched.” Experts at a leading U.S. human rights group marked the two-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic declaration on Friday by highlighting lessons that the global community should apply… Continue reading Two Years Into Pandemic, Human Rights Watch Warns of Lessons Not Learned

COP26 Report Reveals ‘Massive’ Credibility Gap Between Climate Commitments and 1.5°C Target

Julia Conley If all the announced net-zero commitments are implemented, the global temperature would rise 1.8°C by 2100, policy experts said, adding, “but this is only IF these targets are fully implemented, and it’s a big IF.” Climate policy experts on Tuesday called for the final days of the United Nations Climate Change Conference to… Continue reading COP26 Report Reveals ‘Massive’ Credibility Gap Between Climate Commitments and 1.5°C Target

Report Reveals Indigenous Resistance Disrupts Quarter of US and Canadian Emissions

JESSICA CORBETT The numbers don’t lie. Indigenous peoples have long led the fight to protect Mother Earth and the only way forward is to center Indigenous knowledge and keep fossil fuels in the ground Indigenous resistance to fossil fuel projects in the United States and Canada over a recent decade has stopped or delayed nearly a… Continue reading Report Reveals Indigenous Resistance Disrupts Quarter of US and Canadian Emissions

Watchdog Shines Light on Big Pharma’s ‘Fierce’ EU Lobbying Campaign Against Vaccine Patent Waiver

Jake Johnson The public is being left in the dark as to the demands, influencing strategies, and full firepower of the Big Pharma lobby at a time when the debate over who gets to keep monopoly control of Covid-19 patents is raging To preserve its stranglehold over global vaccine production, the pharmaceutical industry’s army of… Continue reading Watchdog Shines Light on Big Pharma’s ‘Fierce’ EU Lobbying Campaign Against Vaccine Patent Waiver

Mexico’s Decision to Ban Glyphosate Has Rocked the Agribusiness World

Timothy A. Wise GM corn presidential decree comes despite intense pressure from industry, U.S. authorities. Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador quietly rocked the agribusiness world with his New Year’s Eve decree to phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate and the cultivation of genetically modified corn. His administration sent an even stronger aftershock two… Continue reading Mexico’s Decision to Ban Glyphosate Has Rocked the Agribusiness World