Rich Nations Aren’t Following Through on Their Paris Climate Pledges
Xinhua/ZUMA This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Finance for poor countries to help them reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and deal with climate change is lagging behind the promises of rich countries, an Oxfam report finds. While taxpayer-funded finance has increased, and the private sector has stepped…
Trump Promised His Appointees Wouldn’t Become Lobbyists. Guess How That Turned Out.
Getty This story was originally published by ProPublica. Lobbyists who joined the Trump administration and now want to return to their old trade have a problem: President Trump said they can’t. Days after taking office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring every political appointee to sign a pledge as a condition of taking office.…
Arming Teachers Has Already Led to a Slew of Gun Accidents in Schools
Police respond to the Parkland school shooting on February 14.RMV/ZUMA In his speech to the National Rifle Association on Friday, President Donald Trump embraced the gun lobby’s solution to school shootings: arming the “good guys,” like teachers and school police officers, with guns. “They love their students,” he told the group at its annual convention in…
Here Are Some Insane Videos of the Hawaii Volcano Explosion
USGS/ZUMA On Thursday, Hawaii’s most active volcano, Kilauea, began an major eruption. The ensuing earthquakes, toxic levels of sulfur dioxide, and fissures of molten lava have forced roughly 1,500 people to evacuate their homes. The US Geological Survey says the island of Hawaii, known as the Big Island, had a 6.9-magnitude earthquake on Friday, the island’s biggest…
Alfie Evans Is the Latest Martyr of the Pro-Life Movement
Omar Marques/SOPA Images via ZUMA Alfie Evans was a two-year-old British infant who suffered from an irreversible neuro-degenerative disease that destroyed his brain and caused persistent seizures. His doctors eventually concluded that Alfie had lost all brain activity and recommended he be taken off life support. His parents fought this, but lost in court. At…
Parkland Survivor Calls Trump a “Professional Liar” After NRA Speech
Michael Candelori, Zuma A survivor of the Parkland school shooting ripped into President Donald Trump on Saturday for his speech to the National Rifle Association a day earlier, calling the president a “professional liar.” Speaking on Friday at the NRA’s annual convention for the third time, Trump reaffirmed his loyalty to the gun lobby. “Your…