by 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."
by Kenny Stancil The fact that heavily Trump counties had over three times more Covid-19 deaths in October than heavily Biden counties shows that "anti-science aggression on the right has had deadly consequences," said one epidemiologist.
by Jake Johnson "We are fighting for that which is most sacred: our survival. And any nation that is here fighting for coal or other fossil fuels should be condemned for it."
by Brett Wilkins "The good news is, we've promised to reduce our emissions, and if you take all our promises and add them together, that puts us on track for still very much f**ked by 2050."
by Jessica Corbett "As the world confronts the climate crisis, mass biodiversity loss, water scarcity, and the pandemic, we need to move beyond business-as-usual approaches like hydropower to deliver real solutions."
by Jake Johnson "States have, at the very least, a duty not to obstruct TRIPS waiver negotiations," reads a legal opinion endorsed by 85 jurists from around the world.
by Jake Johnson "AT&T must be held accountable for its role in building and bankrolling OANN, and DirecTV must no longer carry this dangerous disinformation network."
by Jake Johnson "This man should not serve in Congress," said Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). "Fantasizing about violently attacking your colleagues has no place in our political discourse and society."
by Peter Bloom The commitment to fight climate change is for the capitalist class and their political representatives a "green" investment possibility.
by John Feffer African countries need investments, China needs raw materials, and African activists are fed up with the resulting corruption and environmental damage.
by João Camargo If we continue not acting against the real cause of the climate crisis—the capitalist mode of production and the capitalist worldview—they will take it as a social license to carry on with collapse.
by Kumi Naidoo, Richard von Weizsäcker The most outrageous injustice is that the same people who lack access to water and sanitation are usually the ones most vulnerable to the effects of climate change—and the least responsible for causing it in the first place.
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