“It’s still not too late to avoid the worst effects of the #ClimateEmergency. But governments need to act NOW,” tweeted Greenpeace. (By: Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams) As a United Nations agency released new climate projections ...
“100°F about 70 miles north of the Arctic Circle today in Siberia. That’s a first in all of recorded history. We are in a climate emergency.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) A small Siberian town ...
“Our disrespect for wild animals and our disrespect for farmed animals has created this situation where disease can spill over to infect human beings.” (By: Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams) In a webinar Tuesday about pandemics, wildlife, ...
“Rescuing fossil fuel production is absolutely the wrong direction for public health amid a global pandemic.” (By: Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams) The Federal Reserve came under fire Thursday for expanding its emergency Main Street Lending Program ...
The conditions of this virus have communities rehashing togetherness, and relearning what remains when our money-based lifestyles slow down. In the midst of an international viral outbreak that has people worldwide physically distancing out of ...
“Economists at the world’s largest funder of fossil fuels are warning that ‘we cannot rule out catastrophic outcomes where human life as we know it is threatened.'” Economists at JPMorgan Chase, the world’s largest financier ...
“The food we eat, the way we grow the food we eat, the way we dispose of the food is one of the large contributors to the climate crisis.” The “party of the year” for ...