States and industries face more climate court action

...by public interest lawyers working for nothing or for tiny fees. So far, the report says, litigation has been more successful against governments, but large mining companies and fossil fuel...
Posted On 15 Jun 2017
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Climate change causes killer heatwaves

...predicted that extreme heat and humidity could make some parts of the planet uninhabitable if drastic steps were not taken to cut fossil fuel combustion, and the greenhouse gas emissions...
Posted On 14 Jun 2017
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Food industry is cooking the planet

...United Nations talks on climate change. GRAIN accuses them of behaving like the fossil fuel companies did in the 1990s, pushing false information in the hope of delaying real action...
Posted On 25 May 2017
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Climate models forecast extreme rainfall

...the end of the century – and climate studies say they could if the world goes on burning ever greater quantities of fossil fuel and dumping ever higher ratios of...
Posted On 24 May 2017
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Renewable Energy Employs 9.8 million People Worldwide – Report

...offsetting fossil-fuel job losses and becoming a major economic driver around the world,” Mr. Amin added. The Annual review shows that global renewable-energy employment, excluding large hydropower, reached 8.3 million...
Posted On 23 May 2017
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Old forests are critically important for slowing climate change

...an essential part of Earth’s operating system. They reduce the buildup of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from fossil fuel combustion, deforestation and land degradation by 30% each year....
Posted On 27 Jan 2024