Big Oil Conspired to Deceive the Public, Claims Climate Racketeering Lawsuit
View of a refinery.Getty Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The same racketeering legislation used to bring down mob bosses, motorcycle gangs, football executives and international fraudsters is to be tested against oil and coal companies who are accused of conspiring to deceive the…
The World Made a Biodiversity Pact, And Of Course We Aren’t Part of It
The head table at the COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal on December 15.Ryan Remiorz/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Only two countries in the world have not joined the UN Convention on Biological Diversity: the Vatican and the US. Few have missed the Holy See, but…
Cop15 Negotiators Are Barely Even Mentioning the Ocean
AP/Stocktrek Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The ocean may cover 70 percent of the Earth’s surface and contain much of its animal life, but you might not get that impression from the UN discussions in Montreal to save global biodiversity, with some delegates fearing…
Manchin’s Permitting Reform Could Lead to More Oil Pipeline Spills
Mill Creek near Washington, Kansas, was contaminated by crude from this week’s Keystone pipeline rupture. US EPA This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Crews continued to clean up the blackened banks of a northern Kansas creek Tuesday morning after a rupture in the Keystone pipeline…
UN Environment Chief Warns of a Biodiversity Apocalypse
Inger Andersen, Director General of the UN Environment Programme.Martin Sylvest / Getty Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The UN’s environment chief has warned that “we are at war with nature” and must “make peace,” as countries gather at Cop15 in Montreal to agree a deal…
Colorado Investigators Mystified by Dozens of Cattle Deaths
Getty Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Investigators in Colorado have been left baffled after dozens of cattle inexplicably dropped dead in a remote corner of the state. The mystery has triggered a wave of US press coverage, with the New York Post running a headline…