While California wrestles with increased frequency and severity of wildfires due to the climate crisis, President Trump continues to take steps to stop the nation’s most populous state from taking any climate-related action. The state’s leaders have tried to decrease pollution from tailpipe emissions, enter into climate agreements with Quebec and strike emission’s standards deals […]
At least 1,006 Amazon employees have pledged to walk out in support of the global climate strike planned for Sept. 20. The action, announced Monday, will mark the first time that employees at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters have participated in a strike since the company was founded 25 years ago, Wired reported. “It’s incredibly important that […]
By Ben Jervey Billionaire libertarian activist and oil industry tycoon David Koch died on Friday, leaving a toxic legacy that includes helping birth the climate denial movement, fighting against regulations that protect worker and public health, and — critical to our work here on DeSmog’s KochvsClean project — helping fund and coordinate a decades-long attack […]
By Jessica Corbett The exodus of federal scientists in the era of President Donald Trump continued Friday as 62-year-old plant physiologist Lewis Ziska left the U.S. Department of Agriculture “over the Trump administration’s efforts to bury his groundbreaking study about how rice loses nutrients due to rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,” POLITICO reported Monday. […]
By Andrea Germanos Organizers of upcoming global climate strikes hope their demands for a rapid end to business as usual and a swift start to climate justice will be too loud to ignore. The strikes, which are set for Sept. 20 and 27 — with additional actions slated for the days in between — are […]
The Trump administration is changing the way some government agencies conduct climate science, The New York Times reported Monday, limiting them from assessing the future consequences and worst-possible outcomes of climate change. Former petroleum geologist and Trump’s appointee to direct the U.S. Geological Survey James Reilly has prohibited scientists on his team from using computer […]
By Julia Conley Scientists at the United Nations’ intergovernmental body focusing on biodiversity sounded alarms earlier this month with its report on the looming potential extinction of one million species — but few heard their calls, according to a German newspaper report. Deutsche Welle reported Thursday that partially because the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity […]
The Guardian is changing the way it writes about environmental issues. In an update to its house style guide reported Friday, the paper now recommends writers use “climate emergency, crisis or breakdown” instead of “climate change” and “global heating” instead of “global warming.” https://twitter.com/KathViner/statuses/1129321309572354048 “We want to ensure that we are being scientifically precise, while […]
The far-right German party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is increasing its climate denying rhetoric as it prepares for the European elections later this month, singling out 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg for particular attack. AfD has long denied that climate change is caused by the burning of fossil fuels, but it has chosen to emphasize […]
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