Environment

by Patrick GALEY | – Paris (AFP) – The world’s oceans have absorbed 60 percent more heat than previously thought over the last quarter of a century, scientists said Thursday, leaving Earth more sensitive still to the effects of climate change. Oceans cover more than two thirds of the planet’s surface and play a vital […]

Pollution

93% of the World’s Children Breathe Toxic, Polluted Air every Day

Maan News Agency

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Nearly 2 billion children, about 93% of the world’s children under the age of 15, breathe toxic air, which is polluted to such an extent that it puts their health and well-being at serious risk. According to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO), it estimated that 600,000 children died […]

Mass Extinction

Since 1970, Humans have Wiped out 60% of Animals with a Backbone

Marlowe Hood

Paris (AFP) – Unbridled consumption has decimated global wildlife, triggered a mass extinction and exhausted Earth’s capacity to accommodate humanity’s expanding appetites, the conservation group WWF warned Tuesday. From 1970 to 2014, 60 percent of all animals with a backbone — fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals — were wiped out by human activity, according […]

Green Transportation

Tesla’s Electric Car has Historic Quarter, seeks to conquer China & Europe

Glenn Chapman

San Francisco (AFP) – Electric car maker Tesla on Wednesday reported an “historic” quarterly profit driven by demand for its mass market Model 3, as the company looks beyond its US home base to Europe and China. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said he expects the company to stay profitable from this point forward, and […]

Featured

Buy an Electric Car and Foil Kushner’s Plan to let Khashoggi’s Murder Blow Over

Juan Cole

Jared Kushner is said to believe the whole affair will blow over.

Climate Change

Humanity’s Failing Grade: Putting out Even more Poisonous CO2 in 2018

Marlowe Hood

Co-Author: Catherine HOURS | – – Paris (AFP) – Energy sector carbon emissions will rise in 2018 after hitting record levels the year before, dimming prospects for meeting Paris climate treaty goals, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesday. The energy sector accounts for 80 percent of global CO2 emissions, with most […]

Climate Change

With Rich pro-Carbon, only empowered Workers can Stop Climate Armageddon

Sam Pizzigati

The global reaction to two landmark new reports suggests the world could well lose that confrontation.

Climate Change

Future of Climate Activism: Dutch Court orders Gov’t to Reduce CO2 Emissions Dramatically

Juan Cole

An appeals court in the Netherlands has upheld a 2015 lower court ruling in a class action case that the Dutch government needs to do more to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to 25% below 1990 levels by 2020. So far the Netherlands has only reduced 13% from 1990 levels. The court appealed to the principle […]

Climate Change

Ron DeSantis’s Policies Helped Summon Hurricane Michael and he Should not be Governor

Juan Cole

* WaPo reports of the most powerful storm to hit Florida’s panhandle in recorded history, coming in as a level 4 and briefly becoming 5: “Hurricane Michael roared ashore Wednesday near the Florida Panhandle, one of the most intense hurricanes to ever hit the United States. With winds as high as 155 mph, the Category […]