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Twitter/X Climate Misinformation Policies Ranked Worst in Survey of Big Tech Platforms

Twitter/X Climate Misinformation Policies Ranked Worst in Survey of Big Tech Platforms

The Climate of Misinformation report by Climate Action Against Disinformation, an international partnership of more than 50 organizations dedicated to climate and anti-disinformation, has given Twitter — rebranded as X — one point out of 21 for “lacking clear policies” to address misinformation related to climate, presenting no evidence of effectively enforcing policies and being […]

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    Major Polluters U.S. and China Not Invited to Speak at UN Climate Ambition Summit

    Major Polluters U.S. and China Not Invited to Speak at UN Climate Ambition Summit

    The United Nations Climate Ambition Summit in New York today brings together what UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the “first movers and doers” of the climate crisis with the goal of speeding up action on climate change by governments, local authorities, business and finance leaders and civil society ahead of November’s COP28 Climate Change Conference. […]

    Pro Sports Reduces Its Climate Footprint Inches at a Time

    Pro Sports Reduces Its Climate Footprint Inches at a Time

    Fall in the U.S. is when three major sports leagues – football, basketball and hockey – start their seasons. Baseball also continues, and in the UK and Europe, some of the major soccer leagues like the Premier League have started their seasons as well. Additionally, college sports with larger budgets, like American football and basketball, […]

    NYU to Divest From Fossil Fuels After Years of Student Protests

    NYU to Divest From Fossil Fuels After Years of Student Protests

    After years of protests by students, New York University has announced plans to divest from fossil fuels. Chair of NYU’s Board of Trustees William R. Berkley stated the university’s commitment in August in a letter to student activist organization Sunrise NYU. “New York University commits to avoid any direct investments in any company whose primary […]

    Green Groups Skeptical as Africa Climate Summit Raises Hundreds of Millions in Carbon Credits

    Green Groups Skeptical as Africa Climate Summit Raises Hundreds of Millions in Carbon Credits

    An initiative at Africa’s first climate summit to boost production of the continent’s carbon credit program by nearly 20 times by 2030 brought pledges of hundreds of millions of dollars. United Arab Emirates (UAE) investors pledged to purchase $450 million worth of Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI) credits. ACMI was launched at COP27 in Egypt […]

    Plant-Based Shrimp and Calamari Coming to UK Grocery Stores

    Plant-Based Shrimp and Calamari Coming to UK Grocery Stores

    Growthwell Foods, a plant-based food company based in Singapore, is launching its brand HAPPIEE! in select grocery retailers in the UK. The vegan brand offers more than just the usual plant-based nuggets and burgers — HAPPIEE! includes offerings like alternatives to shrimp and calamari. HAPPIEE! is now available at Ocado, an online grocer based in […]

    Heritage Foundation Shows Plan to Decimate Biden’s Climate Progress, Cut the EPA if a Republican Wins 2024 Presidential Election

    Heritage Foundation Shows Plan to Decimate Biden’s Climate Progress, Cut the EPA if a Republican Wins 2024 Presidential Election

    Conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation recently released a 920-page blueprint to drastically eliminate, or outright reverse, many of the climate change policies and laws put in place by the Biden administration, if a Republican wins the White House in 2024.  Titled Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, the document is a sprawling, aggressive work […]