500 Researchers Ask Universities to Reject Fossil-Fuel Cash
Harvard University. Zuma Press. This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Universities must stop accepting funding from fossil fuel companies to conduct climate research, even if the research is aimed at developing green and low-carbon technology, an influential group of distinguished academics has said. Rowan Williams, the…
The GOP’s Four Biggest Lies About Joe Biden and Fossil Fuels
Rep. Jim Jordan is among the Republican lawmakers trying to mislead the public about the Biden administration and its actions.Graeme Jennings/AP This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Republican lawmakers and right-wing media have responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by waging a misinformation campaign about the Biden…
EPA Prepares to Approve Bee-Killing Pesticides for 15 More Years
Preston Keres/ Zuma. This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US Environmental Protection Agency is poised to allow the use of four of the most devastating chemicals to bees, butterflies and other insects to continue in America for the next 15 years, despite moves by…
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Accuses Moscow of “Nuclear Terror”
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy issues a televised appeal for assistance on March 3, 2022.Ukrainian Defense Ministry/Zuma Press This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been seized by Russian military forces, according to regional authorities, after a fire sparked by overnight shelling burned for…
US Politicians and Oil Execs See Opportunity in Ukraine’s Crisis
Mother Jones illustration; Rod Lamkey/ZUMA; Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency/Getty; Angus Mordant/Bloomberg/Getty On Monday, the United Nations’ climate change assessment body, the IPCC, released a landmark report finding that 150 years of unchecked fossil fuel burning had left the planet with a “brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for…
New IPCC Report: Addressing Climate Change Is Now About Damage Control
Tierra Del Fuego, Patagonia, Chile.Kike Calvo/ZUMA This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Scientists have long warned that time is of the essence to stop emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Now, in a new international report released on Monday, they argue the clock is also ticking…