Climate Change: Judge Allows New York’s Martin Act Lawsuit Against Exxon to Proceed
New York state judge allows climate fraud lawsuit brought under the Martin Act to proceed, rejecting defendant Exxon’s claims for dismissal.
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Breakfast of Champions: New Tests Reveal Unsafe Levels of Glyphosate in Children’s Cereals
New study finds unsafe level of glyphosate residues in breakfast cereals, against a backdrop of accelerating (and so far successful) product liability lawsuits against Bayer.
Read more...Adding to Planetary Alarm Bells, Top US Finance Official Warns Climate Crisis a Recipe for Global Economic Collapse
CFTC Commissioner Rostin Behnam says, “As most of the world’s markets and market regulators are taking steps towards assessing and mitigating the current and potential threats of climate change, we in the U.S. must also demand action from all segments of the public and private sectors, including this agency.”
Read more...Mitigating “Plant Blindness” through a Photographing a Community Garden
Plant blindness has led to the devaluation of plants with regard to their impact on the economy and culture, environmental sustainability, and public health.
Read more...Take the (Night) Train
It may not be possible to take the A Train anymore, but eschewing airplanes for trains, when possible, mitigates travel’s climate change impact.
Read more...Midwest Flooding and Climate Change
Scientists in and out of government on the Midwest Floods and climate change, polling, the views of Davenport, Iowa, and what the Democrats could be doing and aren’t
Read more...Is Geoengineering the Answer to the Climate Crisis?
Like it or not, geoengineering is coming.
Read more...Midwest Flooding, the Corn and Soy Crops, and Knock-On Effects
How bad are the Midwest floods for crops? Very bad indeed.
Read more...It’s Time to Stop Calling Natural Gas a ‘Bridge Fuel’ to a Safe Climate, Says New Report
IEA’s annual market report predicts continued growth in demand for natural gas; Justin Mikulka discusses report Oil Change International debunking contention that natural gas can serve as a bridge fuel to a cleaner energy future.
Read more...More Mangroves: Protecting Tropical Coastal Areas from Cyclone Damage
Storms such as the recent cyclone Fani remind us that climate change will expose both India and Bangladesh to future superstorms; both countries continue to fail to protect the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, and a major bulwark against future calamities.
Read more...As Developing Countries Reject Plastic Waste Exports, Wealthy Nations Seek Solutions
Chinese and emerging economy bans on accepting plastic waste exports have put the the First World in a bind. Will they quit their plastic habit?
Read more...$1 Trillion: The Cost Of Climate Change For Corporations
Another effort to cost out some of the effects of climate change.
Read more...The Economic Cost of Devastating Hurricanes and Other Extreme Weather Events Is Even Worse Than We Thought
irming up the math on the economic cost of climate change makes a bad picture look worse.
Read more...Could Air Travel Become an Early Casualty of Climate Change?
Might air travel take a serious hit from climate change before polic-makers work up the nerve to intervene?
Read more...Ecological Importance and Human Rights Be Damned, Trump Admin Says Fossil Fuel Pillaging in Arctic Refuge Coming Soon
Interior administration official promises to offer fossil fuel leases for sale in 2019 to allow drilling in previously pristine Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to commence.
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